elucidation
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on
- an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding“the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook”Synonyms: clarificationillumination
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Elucidation \E*lu`ci*da"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lucidation.] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject. [1913 Webster]