Discussion /(?)/

Dis·cus·sion

Discussion

n.
  1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. [archaic]
  2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
    The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties.

Phrases & Compounds
Discussion of a problem
the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result.