消しょう去きょ法ほう

noun

elimination method; process of elimination

Mathematical term for solving systems of equations by eliminating variables. Also used more broadly for any systematic elimination process.

• 連れん立りつ方ほう程てい式しきは消しょう去きょ法ほうで解とくことができる。

  Simultaneous equations can be solved by the elimination method.

• 選せん択たく肢しを消しょう去きょ法ほうで絞しぼり込こんだ。

  I narrowed down the options by process of elimination.