clarification

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌklɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkæɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === clarification (countable and uncountable, plural clarifications) 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 impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent. The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation. An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity. (journalism) A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction). (in the phrase for clarification) Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== clarifier clarify ==== Translations ==== === See also === qualification sedimentation === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “clarification”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiōnem. By surface analysis, clarifier +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.ʁi.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ === Noun === clarification f (plural clarifications) clarification ==== Related terms ==== see clair === Further reading === “clarification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Etymology === From English clarification, Spanish clarificación, Portuguese clarificação, French clarification and Italian chiarificazione. By surface analysis, clarificar +‎ -tion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kla.ri.fi.kaˈt͡sjon/, /-sjon/ === Noun === clarification (plural clarificationes) clarification === Further reading === Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL == Middle French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clārificātiō. === Noun === clarification f (plural clarifications) clarification ==== Descendants ==== French: clarification → English: clarification