abscissio infiniti

US/æbˈsɪ.siˌoʊ ɪn.fəˈni.ti/

noun

A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases.

OriginLatin abscissio infiniti →
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Meanings

nounabscissio infiniti (plural abscissiones infiniti)

plural abscissiones infiniti

  1. A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases.

Origin

  1. Latinabscissio infiniti“abscission of that which is infinite”
  2. Englishabscissio infiniti

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

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