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Meaning of elaboration

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  elaboration
      n 1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying
           detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense";
           "an elaboration of the sketch followed" [syn:
           {amplification}, {elaboration}]
      2: the result of improving something; "he described a refinement
         of this technique" [syn: {refinement}, {elaboration}]
      3: a discussion that provides additional information [syn:
         {expansion}, {enlargement}, {elaboration}]
      4: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: {elaborateness},
         {elaboration}, {intricacy}, {involution}]
      5: developing in intricate and painstaking detail [syn:
         {elaboration}, {working out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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