消しょう去きょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing

General term for removing, deleting, or wiping out data, records, traces, or unwanted items. Often used in computing and everyday contexts.

• 不ふ要ようなファイルを消しょう去きょしてください。

  Please delete unnecessary files.

• データの消しょう去きょには十じゅう分ぶん注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。

  You need to be very careful when erasing data.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

elimination (of variables)

Mathematical term for removing a variable from an equation or system.

• 連れん立りつ方ほう程てい式しきから変へん数すうを消しょう去きょする。

  Eliminate a variable from the simultaneous equations.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

extinction (psychology)

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response.

• 条じょう件けんづけの消しょう去きょには時じ間かんがかかることもある。

  Extinction of conditioning can sometimes take time.