3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discussion \Dis*cus"sion\, n. [L. discussio a shaking,
examination, discussion: cf F. discussion.]
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up or
dispersing, as a tumor, 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. --Macaulay.
{Discussion of a problem} or {an equation} (Math.), the
operation of assigning different reasonable values to the
arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math.
Dict.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
discussion
n 1: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with
some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent
discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race
question is badly biased" [syn: {treatment}, {discourse}]
2: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good
discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: {give-and-take},
{word}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
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