Elimination
Encyclopedia
Science and medicine
- Elimination reactionElimination reactionAn elimination reaction is a type of organic reaction in which two substituents are removed from a molecule in either a one or two-step mechanism...
, an organic reaction in which two functional groups split to form an organic product - Elimination, clearanceClearance (medicine)In medicine, the clearance is a measurement of the renal excretion ability. Although clearance may also involve other organs than the kidney, it is almost synonymous with renal clearance or renal plasma clearance. Each substance has a specific clearance that depends on its filtration characteristics...
of a drug or other foreign agent from the body - Elimination, the destruction of an infectious diseaseInfectious diseaseInfectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
in one region of the world as opposed to its eradication from the entire world
Logic and mathematics
- Elimination, the rule of inference known as the disjunctive syllogismDisjunctive syllogismA disjunctive syllogism, also known as disjunction-elimination and or-elimination , and historically known as modus tollendo ponens,, is a classically valid, simple argument form:where \vdash represents the logical assertion....
- Elimination, with steps of elimination over linear equalities, using the Gaussian eliminationGaussian eliminationIn linear algebra, Gaussian elimination is an algorithm for solving systems of linear equations. It can also be used to find the rank of a matrix, to calculate the determinant of a matrix, and to calculate the inverse of an invertible square matrix...
algorithm - Elimination, for systems of linear inequalities, using the Fourier–Motzkin eliminationFourier–Motzkin eliminationFourier–Motzkin elimination, FME method, is a mathematical algorithm for eliminating variables from a system of linear inequalities. It can look for both real and integer solutions...
algorithm
Games and competitions
- Elimination tournament (disambiguation), a knock-out style of tournament competition
- Elimination (arcade game), 1974 arcade game by Atari Inc. subsidiary Key Games
- Elimination, a variant of the "lifestyle-invading" game AssassinAssassin (game)Assassin is a live-action game...
, played with clothes-pins
Music
- Elimination (Deceptikonz album), 2002
- Elimination (Jughead's Revenge album)Elimination (Jughead's Revenge album)Elimination is Jughead's Revenge's third studio album, released in 1994. It was the first of the band's catalog to be licensed to and distributed by BYO Records...
, 1994 - "Elimination", a 1989 single from Overkill's album The Years of DecayThe Years of DecayThe Years of Decay is the fourth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill. It was released in 1989 on the Megaforce label, with distribution handled by Atlantic Records...
Accounting
- Elimination (Accounting), the act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions