refinement Definition
re·fine·ment (ri fīn′mənt)
noun
- a refining or being refined
- the result of this
- delicacy or elegance of language, speech, manners, etc.; polish; cultivation
- a development; improvement; elaboration
- a fine distinction; subtlety
refinement Synonyms
refinement
n.
The act of refining
cleaning, cleansing, purification, distillation, clarification, clarifying, draining, elutriation, depuration, detersion, cracking, filtration. Culture
civilization, cultivation, erudition, sophistication, breeding, enlightenment, wide knowledge, lore, subtlety, science, artistic attainments, scholarship, learning; see also culture 3.Genteel feelings and behavior
elegance, politeness, polish, good manners, good breeding, suavity, courtesy, grace, gentleness, tact, cultivation, graciousness, civility, gentility, taste, discrimination, fineness, delicacy, dignity, urbanity, savoir-faire; see also courtesy 1, elegance 1.
refinement Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- parameter: Assuming an accurate cell has already been obtained so no further refinement of cell parameters is required.
- technique: Live births may be achieved by further refinement of the technique.
Converse of object
- undergo: These models are undergoing further refinement by MD simulations prior to being used in electrostatics calculations.
- suggest: We suggest refinements of the conditions in order to find a balance between the conflicting desires.
- incorporate: This is just one example of the various refinements incorporated in modern governors.
Adjective modifier
- stepwise: A tool for the development of correct software using stepwise refinement.
- iterative: These data were then used for iterative refinement, resulting in the improved class averages.
- restrained: Once that is done you can run " restrained refinement " , and bad VDW clashes should be corrected fairly reliably.
- anisotropic: Also anisotropic refinement causes the ring to flatten out with my new slack restraints.
- unrestrained: NOTES ON XYZOUT Coordinates in Brookhaven format with the XYZ or B shifts applied - output of unrestrained refinement.
- crystallographic: There's more information about crystallographic refinement with RAPPER in the refinement HOW-TO.
Modifies a noun
- calculus: TAM ( Temporal Agent Model ) is a formal refinement calculus for real-time systems.
- cycle: Now go into a series of release parameter, refine set of refinement cycles.
- algorithm: An important feature of the search system is the proposed iterative refinement algorithm.
Noun used with modifier
- mesh: In particular, we demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach over standard mesh refinement algorithms which employ ad hoc error indicators.
- occupancy: All atoms belonging to the same occupancy group have the same shift applied during occupancy refinement.
- grain: An extensive research program is directed at the understanding of grain refinement in Al alloys.
- crystal: NOTE: The following is just an example of using GSAS for single crystal structure refinement.
- atom: Removed pointless and time wasting MAD single additional atom refinement ( this may need to be done for MIR too ).
- structure: NOTE: The following is just an example of using GSAS for single crystal structure refinement.
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