ablation.
A carrying or taking away; removal.
Meaning & usage
A carrying or taking away; removal.
The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. The removal of a component of an AI system.
The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablation From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion.
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