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explanation

[ek-spluh-ney-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈneɪ ʃən /


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Early evidence points to cavitation -- a process where tiny vapor bubbles form and collapse rapidly, generating shockwaves within the liquid -- as a possible explanation.

From Science Daily

Most current explanations of the Big Bang rely on general relativity along with additional elements introduced to make the models work.

From Science Daily

Its explanation, however, in effect said that AI didn’t generate the troublesome software coding itself, but did give an engineer instructions about how to write the code — erroneously.

From Los Angeles Times

But then I didn’t have to, because the explanation stepped out of the trees and onto the grass beside us, sunlight bouncing off her perfect strands, and looking like a freaking goddess.

From Literature

She was going to make this difficult if he didn’t offer some explanation.

From Literature