exhaustive adj : very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: thorough, thoroughgoing]

English

Etymology

Adjective

exhaustive

1. which includes every possible element

   ''an exhaustive list

Derived terms

• collectively exhaustive

Exhaust may refer to:

In mathematics:

• Proof by exhaustion, proof by examining all individual cases
• Exhaustion by compact sets, in analysis, a sequence of compact sets that converges on a given set
• Collectively exhaustive, in probability and set theory, a collection of sets whose union equals the complete space
• Method of exhaustion, in geometry, finding the area of a shape by approximating it with polygons

In engines and technology:

• Exhaust gas, a gas which occurs as a result of combustion of fuel
• Exhaust system, a mechanism for venting exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine
• Exhaust velocity, a measure of engine efficiency
• Exhaust brake, a method of slowing diesel engines
• Exhaust manifold, a structure collecting an engine's exhaust outlets

In health:

• Heat exhaustion, a medical condition where the body is unable to control its accumulation of heat
• Nervous exhaustion, a nineteenth-century diagnosis encompassing fatigue, anxiety, and depression
• Adrenal exhaustion, a hypothesized maladaption of the adrenal glands

In law:

• Exhaustion of remedies, restrictions on opening a suit in a new court while the original suit is still continuing
• Exhaustion of rights, the loss of intellectual property rights

Exhaust may also refer to:

• Exhaustive ballot, a multi-round voting system
• Exhaust date, the projected date that a telecommunications area code will have assigned all of its numbers
• Exhaust (band) is a clarinet, drum, and tape trio in Montreal, Canada
• In the description of any formally defined set, the rules by which every arbitrary object may be defined as included in some subset n (and excluded from every other n-1 wholly independent subsets), with no objects remaining, are referred to as being exhaustive.

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