elaborationn.
/ɪˌlabɒˈreɪʃən/ 1.
a. The process of producing or developing from crude materials; †spec. in Chemistry (see quot. 1617). Also, the process of working out in detail, developing, perfecting (an invention, a theory, a literary work, etc.).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production
generationa1382
engenderinga1400
outbearinga1425
productionc1450
produce1562
prolation1577
procreation1578
generating1579
edition1605
producement1613
elaboration1617
flowering1634
pullulation1641
factory1664
development1794
output1841
output1887
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 304 Where distillations doe preuaile, Distraction takes the head, Then by Elaboration, wise men may be misled.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 531 The first thought of Virgil was his Emperor..the second the elaboration of his verse.
b. The state of being elaborated; elaborateness.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > quality
elaborateness1694
elaboration1824
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 770 Intermediate editions of..less elaboration.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret I. iv. ii. 299 The housekeeper cleared her throat with extraordinary loudness and elaboration, and read on thus.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) xiii. 319 Various copies exist in various stages of elaboration.
2. The production by natural agencies of chemical substances from their elements or sources; spec. (in Physiology) the formation of animal or vegetable tissues, or the changes undergone by alimentary substances from their reception into the body to their complete assimilation.
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the world > life > biology > substance > [noun] > production of
elaboration1578
histogeny1841
histogenesis1844
the world > life > biology > biological processes > formation of substances, etc. > [noun]
elaboration1578
excretion1605
secrement1664
laboration1830
albuminization1843
vacuolation1858
vacuolization1882
glycogenesis1886
clumping1896
chemosynthesis1900
lysogenesis1901
melanogenesis1909
biosynthesis1918
lymphopoiesis1918
biogenesis1922
oncogenesis1932
induction1947
steroidogenesis1951
MAO1965
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 81v Arteries..by their heat helpyng to the exact elaboration of his bloud.
1698 W. Harris & J. Keill tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 3) i. xx. 442 Milk is a Chyle, which..has received but a light Elaboration.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Vegetables There happen different Fermentations and other Elaborations amongst the sensible parts.
1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §220 In this process of Elaboration..the most important change is the concentration of the fluid.
3. concrete in various senses.
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society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [noun] > accomplished by toil
laboura1400
toil1612
elaboration1765
1765 Universal Mag. 37 235/1 This spirit is a last elaboration.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith iv. ii. §1. 177 Science is an elaboration.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 200/1 Fig. 138 is a further elaboration of the same design, the lines being doubled.
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