Term: elimination: analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: beaked whale: any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tracheitis: inflammation of the trachea
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: child's body: the body of a human child
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: general manager: the highest ranking manager
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: marble cake: made of light and dark batter very lightly blended
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: axiom: (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: dismissal: permission to go; the sending away of someone
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sweet melon: any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: element: the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: arthropod: invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin