Plural of clarification; acts of making something clearer or easier to understand; explanations.
From Latin 'clarificare' (to make clear, from 'clarus' meaning clear) plus '-ation' (process/result). The word entered English via Old French and has meant 'the act of clearing up confusion' since medieval times.
The word 'clarification' became especially important in scientific communication—scientists realized that precise clarifications of methodology and findings were essential to reproducibility and preventing scientific error.
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