: a method in scientific induction which proceeds by the progressive exclusion of the nonessential antecedents by comparison of cases to find the essential residue or real cause ; also : a method that proceeds to the determination of the true principle by successive elimination as false of all the possible or plausible hypotheses except that one
METHOD OF EXCLUSION
Meaning of METHOD OF EXCLUSION in English
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012