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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2776533, member: 24314&quot;]Johndoe2000$, posted:&nbsp; &quot;To remove foreign materials/substances.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is NOT a definition.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; It is a reason to clean something.&nbsp; Usually a definition starts out:&nbsp; CLEANING IS...&nbsp;&nbsp; Please try again, there are some good replies and one is very close to the one I thought of.&nbsp; The reason most will come close to writing the same definition is the we all know what cleaning is. The trick is to put what we know into simple words that a student can understand.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>TypeCoin971793, posted: &quot;Well, to keep it consistent with my definition in the other thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Cleaning&quot; is an abrasive process of removing unwanted material which results in permanent and noticeable damage.&nbsp; Anything else is &quot;restoration.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry I didn&#039;t read the thread yet.&nbsp; IMO, this definition is close but incomplete and flawed.&nbsp; Using your words plus mine, see if <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">this</span> is better: <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">&quot;Cleaning&quot; is a</span> abrasive <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">process of removing unwanted material</span> which results in permanent and noticeable damage.&nbsp; Anything else is &quot;restoration.&quot; <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">from an item.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I&#039;ll post my definition (for what its worth) later in case other members care to try the challenge.&nbsp; I think we have already have a good one above.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">PS <b>&quot;Proper&quot; cleaning damages nothing</b>.&nbsp; In fact, you can only guess the item has been cleaned.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; My glasses are dirty.&nbsp; I just cleaned them.&nbsp; No damage visible.&nbsp; If you didn&#039;t know my glasses were dirty before I cleaned them, you would never guess I was such a slob. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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