消元

Traditional form:

消元

Pinyin (reading):

xiāoyuán

Definitions:

• elimination (math)
• to eliminate one variable from equations

Characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head

Traditional characters:

• 消 - news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head