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explanation Explanation is the process of making a perception, idea, or event clearer by relating it to judgments or concepts that are already accepted.

Explanation is the process of making a perception, idea, or event clearer by relating it to judgments or concepts that are already accepted. In scientific use, it means accounting for a phenomenon by bringing it under a general principle, and it is broader than definition, since a definition is a more limited, formally stated result that may follow from explanation.