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exhaustion (iou)



exhaustion noun. E17.
[Late Latin exhaustio(n-), from Latin exhaust-: see EXHAUST verb, -ION.]
The action of draining something of a resource or emptying it of contents; the state of being so depleted or emptied. E17.
H. Davy When cattle are fed upon land not benefited by their manure, the effect is always an exhaustion of the soil. Nature In the next tube the exhaustion has been carried further.
Total loss of strength or vitality in a person. M17.
A. Koestler Dance himself into a frenzy followed by exhaustion.
The removal or extraction of air from a vessel. M17.
The process or an act of establishing a conclusion by eliminating alternatives. (Earliest in method of exhaustions below.) L17.
method of exhaustions Math. a way of proving the equality of two magnitudes by demonstrating the contradiction which occurs if one is greater or less than the other.
The action or process of consuming something or using it up completely. M19.