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Noun: disambiguation  ,dis-am,bi-gyoo'ey-shun
  1. Clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
    "The article included a disambiguation of the term 'bank' to distinguish between financial institutions and river banks"

Derived forms: disambiguations

Type of: clarification, éclaircissement [literary], elucidation, illumination

Encyclopedia: Disambiguation