Etymology

abscissio infiniti

Today it means: A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases. Full definition →

Latin abscissio infiniti
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromabscissio infiniti“abscission of that which is infinite”
  2. English todayabscissio infiniti

Borrowed from Latin abscissio infiniti (“abscission of that which is infinite”).

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