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clarifier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈklɛɹəfaɪɚ/

Etymology

From clarify + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, clarifies.
    • It is as a pioneer and “land clearer” that we know Martin-Löf – one of the principal clarifiers of the syntax and semantics of constructive mathematics. 2012 -, P. Dybjer, Sten Lindström, Erik Palmgren, Epistemology versus Ontology, →ISBN:
  2. A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance.
  3. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted.
    • the purer the sugar, when placed in the clarifier, the less lime water or blood, or temper of any kind — the less time in clarifying — and the more active vigilance at the clarifier — and the more activity also in transferring the liquor from the evaporator into the cooler will be requisite. 1833, Benjamin Silliman, Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane:
  4. An additional card used to enhance or explain the primary cards in a spread.
    • […] if any card in the spread puzzles you, you can pull another card from the deck as a clarifier. 2004, Barbara Moore, What Tarot Can Do for You: Your Future in the Cards, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 20:

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Translations (2)

es clarificador (Who or that which clarifies) · ms penjelas (Who or that which clarifies)