| discussion | 1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumour, or the like. 2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. "The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. <mathematics>" (Macaulay) Discussion of a problem or an equation, the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Origin: L. Discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. Discussion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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