Exhaustion
Pronunciation : Ex*haus"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. exhaustion.]
Definition : 1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.
2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.
3. (Math.)
Defn: An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits.
Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913