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elaboration|ɪˌlæbɒˈreɪʃən|
[ad. late L. ēlabōrātiōn-em, noun of action f. ēlabōrāre: see elaborate v.]
1. The process of producing or developing from crude materials; † spec. in Chemistry (see quot. 1612). Also, the process of working out in detail, developing, perfecting (an invention, a theory, a literary work, etc.).
1612Woodall Surg. Mate (Chemistry) (1617) 304 Where distillations doe preuaile Distraction takes the head, Then by Elaboration Wise men may be misled. 1858Gladstone Homer III. 531 The first thought of Virgil was his Emperor..the second the elaboration of his verse.
b. The state of being elaborated; elaborateness.
1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 770 Intermediate editions of..less elaboration. 1861W. Collins Dead Secr. 149 The housekeeper cleared her throat with extraordinary loudness and elaboration, and read on thus. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. xiii. 319 Various copies exist in various stages of elaboration.
2. The production by natural agencies of chemical substances from their elements or sources; spec. (in Physiology) the formation of animal or vegetable tissues, or the changes undergone by alimentary substances from their reception into the body to their complete assimilation.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 81 b, Arteries..by their heat helpyng to the exact elaboration of his bloud. 1677W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chym. i. xx. (1686) 442 Milk is a chyle which..has received but a light Elaboration. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. II. s.v. Vegetables, There happen different Fermentations and other Elaborations amongst the sensible parts. 1858Carpenter Veg. Phys. §220 In this process of Elaboration..the most important change is the concentration of the fluid.
3. concr. in various senses.
1765Univ. Mag. XXXVII. 235/1 This spirit is a last elaboration. 1856Dove Logic Chr. Faith iv. ii. §1. 177 Science is an elaboration. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 200/1 Fig. 138 is a further elaboration of the same design, the lines being doubled. |
