Refinement
noun
The activity of making something better by making small improvements.
His essays display a level of refinement I can only aspire to.
Often appears as...
- level of refinement
- process of refinement
noun
Elegant and cultured behavior or manners.
Her refinement was evident in her every movement.
Often appears as...
- her refinement
- refinement was evident
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Approving
noun
The process of removing impurities or unwanted substances from a substance.
The refinery involves the refinement of crude oil into petrol and other products.
Often appears as...
- refinement of crude oil
- refinement process
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Technical
noun
The activity of making something better by making small improvements.
His essays display a level of refinement I can only aspire to.
Often appears as...
- level of refinement
- process of refinement
noun
Elegant and cultured behavior or manners.
Her refinement was evident in her every movement.
Often appears as...
- her refinement
- refinement was evident
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The process of removing impurities or unwanted substances from a substance.
The refinery involves the refinement of crude oil into petrol and other products.
Often appears as...
- refinement of crude oil
- refinement process
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Change
Refinement often suggests ongoing, small adjustments towards improvement, rather than sudden changes.
The software's refinement has significantly improved user experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Refinement implies paying close attention to the finer details that may be overlooked by others.
Her attention to the refinement of her craft made her artwork stand out.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Noticeable
Refinements may not be obvious to everyone but are appreciated by those who value quality.
His refinement of the recipe added a subtle flavor that chefs admired.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Change
Refinement often suggests ongoing, small adjustments towards improvement, rather than sudden changes.
The software's refinement has significantly improved user experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Refinement implies paying close attention to the finer details that may be overlooked by others.
Her attention to the refinement of her craft made her artwork stand out.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Noticeable
Refinements may not be obvious to everyone but are appreciated by those who value quality.
His refinement of the recipe added a subtle flavor that chefs admired.
Pro Tip 1/3Progressive Change
Refinement often suggests ongoing, small adjustments towards improvement, rather than sudden changes.
The software's refinement has significantly improved user experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention to Detail
Refinement implies paying close attention to the finer details that may be overlooked by others.
Her attention to the refinement of her craft made her artwork stand out.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Noticeable
Refinements may not be obvious to everyone but are appreciated by those who value quality.
His refinement of the recipe added a subtle flavor that chefs admired.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
And the reason it's the wrong answer is because of progress. There are two sorts of technological progress really, for this purpose. There are fundamental, major breakthroughs, and there are incremental refinements of those breakthroughs. Now, they differ a great deal in terms of the predictability of time frames. Fundamental
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The evolution of the...
Further refinements would include a colored ring, called the iris, that controls the amount of light entering the eye, a tough white outer layer, known as the sclera, to maintain its structure, and tear glands that secrete a protective film. But equally important
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Laser Scanning Reveals...
Cathedral for a few years now they incorporated the widening refinement that is the uprights are not perfectly upright especially just behind us in the crossing area that is in the intersection of the two major vessels of the church so right away you get a
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The ballet that incited...
and single-minded interpretations of the music, his choreography proved as pioneering as Stravinsky’s composition. He contorted traditional ballet– to both the awe and horror of his audience, many of whom expected the refinement and romance of the genre.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
And I often think of the raw and the refined. What is raw? The raw, I would say is the naked experience, untouched by luxury, untouched by expensive materials, untouched by the kind of refinement that we associate with high culture.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
but it hung in the bankers house for one purpose only it was to be displayed it took pride of place between a dining room and a bedroom guests were meant to see it and see their hosts as a man of taste and refinement every Wellborn
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Paul Romer: The world's...
Through a process of refinement, trial and error, a lot of user testing, I tried to boil this complicated concept of charter city down to the bare essentials. The first point was the importance of rules, like those rules that say
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Exodus, a new design...
refinement because I wanted to see how it was in that actual contest and I wanted her this fruit seller to tell me what she felt about it and so after that I refined that idea a little bit more
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Parthenon Battle PIPE...
it was a symbol of culture and refinement a beautifully sculpted marble frieze band at the Parthenon above the columns and so this temple stood for
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Want to be more...
The creative process -- you know this -- from the first idea to the final product, is a long process. It's super-iterative, lots of refinement,
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
And the reason it's the wrong answer is because of progress. There are two sorts of technological progress really, for this purpose. There are fundamental, major breakthroughs, and there are incremental refinements of those breakthroughs. Now, they differ a great deal in terms of the predictability of time frames. Fundamental
Video examples
The evolution of the...
Further refinements would include a colored ring, called the iris, that controls the amount of light entering the eye, a tough white outer layer, known as the sclera, to maintain its structure, and tear glands that secrete a protective film. But equally important
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Laser Scanning Reveals...
Cathedral for a few years now they incorporated the widening refinement that is the uprights are not perfectly upright especially just behind us in the crossing area that is in the intersection of the two major vessels of the church so right away you get a
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The ballet that incited...
and single-minded interpretations of the music, his choreography proved as pioneering as Stravinsky’s composition. He contorted traditional ballet– to both the awe and horror of his audience, many of whom expected the refinement and romance of the genre.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
And I often think of the raw and the refined. What is raw? The raw, I would say is the naked experience, untouched by luxury, untouched by expensive materials, untouched by the kind of refinement that we associate with high culture.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
but it hung in the bankers house for one purpose only it was to be displayed it took pride of place between a dining room and a bedroom guests were meant to see it and see their hosts as a man of taste and refinement every Wellborn
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Paul Romer: The world's...
Through a process of refinement, trial and error, a lot of user testing, I tried to boil this complicated concept of charter city down to the bare essentials. The first point was the importance of rules, like those rules that say
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Exodus, a new design...
refinement because I wanted to see how it was in that actual contest and I wanted her this fruit seller to tell me what she felt about it and so after that I refined that idea a little bit more
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Parthenon Battle PIPE...
it was a symbol of culture and refinement a beautifully sculpted marble frieze band at the Parthenon above the columns and so this temple stood for
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Want to be more...
The creative process -- you know this -- from the first idea to the final product, is a long process. It's super-iterative, lots of refinement,
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Angela Duckworth
American Psychologist
Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely.
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Douglas Kirkland
Canadian Photographer
The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin; and that gives unrealistic levels of esteem. Somebody feels they're not right because they haven't got that type of refinement.
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Richard Mille
French Businessman
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.
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Jean Baudrillard
French Sociologist
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.
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Raymond Queneau
French Poet
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
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Jon Favreau
American Actor
I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ideas, the desire to change things, and has little care for life.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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Angela Duckworth
American Psychologist
Is it 'a drag' that passions don't come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them? Maybe. But the reality is that our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement.
Quote examples
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian Philosopher
We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely.
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Douglas Kirkland
Canadian Photographer
The misfortune is that many people, men and women, think that the perfect face has no flaws, no pores in the skin; and that gives unrealistic levels of esteem. Somebody feels they're not right because they haven't got that type of refinement.
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Richard Mille
French Businessman
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.
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Jean Baudrillard
French Sociologist
Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.
Quote examples
Raymond Queneau
French Poet
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.
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Jon Favreau
American Actor
I think 'Chef' is about somebody who's in the middle of his life, and he's kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ideas, the desire to change things, and has little care for life.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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