Associations to the word «Clarification»

Wiktionary

CLARIFICATION, noun. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
CLARIFICATION, noun. The act of freeing from obscurities.

Dictionary definition

CLARIFICATION, noun. An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook".
CLARIFICATION, noun. The act of removing solid particles from a liquid.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.