abscissio infiniti
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abscissio infiniti (“abscission of that which is infinite”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɪ.siˌoʊ ɪn.fəˈni.ti/
Noun
abscissio infiniti (plural abscissiones infiniti)
- A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases.[1]
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6