Eligmus (eligmus)

[NL., prop. * Heligmus, polish. eliminable (e-lim'i-na-bl), a. [ Cumulative error, not eliminable by working in a circuit, may be caused when there is much northing or southing in the direction of the line. Encyc. Brit ., XXII. 707. eliminant (e-lim'i-nant), n. [L. eliminan(t-)s, ppr. of eliminare , turn out of doors: see elimi nate.] In math ., a function of the coefficients of any number of homogeneous equations among the same number of unknown quantities, such that the vanishing of it is the nece ary and sufficient condition of the equations being consistent with one another. [The word was introduced by De Morgan. Many writers continue to use Bezout's word, resultant .] eliminate (e-lim'i-nāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. elim elision