elucidation, elucidative The act of explaining or clarifying; throwing light upon; making plain or intelligible. Etymologically related 'light, shine, glow' word families: ethero-; fulg-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; scinti-, scintill-; splendo-. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1212/