elaboration
elaboration Lexical Profile
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• noun
The process of developing or presenting a theory, policy, or system in further detail, or an instance of adding detailed explanation.
"The professor's core argument was clear, though several complex points required further elaboration."
The quality of being intricate, ornate, or richly detailed in design or structure.
"The cathedral's facade was admired for the extraordinary elaboration of its stone carvings."
In physiology and biochemistry, the formation or synthesis of complex organic substances from simpler materials within living cells or tissues.
"The study examined the metabolic pathways responsible for the elaboration of essential hormones in the adrenal gland."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Late Latin elaboratio, a noun of action from the verb elaborare ('to work out with great pains'), formed from ex- ('out') and laborare ('to work').