If you wish to clarify the concept for your students, you might prefer to help them âfeelâ what a âunit of analysisâ is, rather than give them a rhetorical explanation. As hinted by Simone de Beauvoir, in âThe Ethics of Ambiguityâ, the Bible offers a good example!
exâ¢erâ¢tion. 1. vigorous action or effort. 2. an effort: a great exertion to help others. 3. exercise, as of power or faculties. 4. an instance of this.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word exertion. Princeton's WordNet(4.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition: effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat(noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work. he got an A for effort; they managed only with great exertion.