noun A carrying or taking away; removal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. The removal of a component of an AI system.
noun The removal of a component of an AI system.
noun The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
noun The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
noun The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.