Usually means: Improvement or enhancement of details.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word refinement:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. refinement: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. refinement: Merriam-Webster
  3. refinement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. refinement: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. refinement: Collins English Dictionary
  6. refinement: Vocabulary.com
  7. Refinement, refinement: Wordnik
  8. refinement: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. refinement: Wiktionary
  10. refinement: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. refinement: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. refinement: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Refinement, refinement: Dictionary.com
  14. refinement: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Refinement (category theory), Refinement (computing), Refinement (culture), Refinement (sigma algebra), Refinement (topology), Refinement: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Refinement: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. refinement: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. refinement: Rhymezone
  19. refinement: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. refinement: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. refinement: FreeDictionary.org
  22. refinement: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. refinement: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Refinement (disambiguation), refinement: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Refinement (disambiguation), refinement: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Refinement: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Game Theory Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. refinement, refinement: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
noun:  High-class style; cultivation.
noun:  A fine or subtle distinction.
noun:  A luxury.
noun:  (software engineering) Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”)

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