The act of removing unnecessary elements or information, causing them to disappear completely.
The process by which a certain memory or experience fades away and is no longer accessible.
In mathematics, the method of removing unknown variables from equations through substitution or simplification.
In psychology, the phenomenon in which a conditioned response diminishes because the reinforcing conditions are not present, leading to the response no longer occurring.
A mathematical technique used to sequentially reduce the number of unknowns in a system of equations by eliminating variables, ultimately simplifying the problem to a single variable equation that can be solved. Often associated with the method of adding and subtracting equations within a system of simultaneous linear equations.
A decision-making approach that involves systematically discarding options that are false or less advantageous, until only the correct or most favorable choice remains.