CORRECTION
\kəɹˈɛkʃən], \kəɹˈɛkʃən], \k_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CORRECTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a rebuke for making a mistake
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
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treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
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the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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something substituted for an error
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a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
By Princeton University
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a rebuke for making a mistake
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a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
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treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
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the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
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something substituted for an error
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.
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The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.
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That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.
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Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.
By Oddity Software
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The act of pointing out mistakes; the act of changing something wrong and making it right; that which is put in the place of something wrong; reproof.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of correcting; amendment; punishment.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of correcting; rectification; amendment; improvement; punishment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of correcting; amendment; punishment; discipline; counteraction; critical notice; animadversion. House of Correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of correcting; amendment; punishment.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Correctio, from corrigere, (con and regere, rectum, to rule or order.) to correct. The act of correcting medicines; that is, of diminishing their energy or obviating unpleasant effects, by mixing them with substances which mitigate their operation.
By Robley Dunglison
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The correcting of abnormity, as of a muscular or refractive defect in the eye, the position of the fragments of a broken bone, etc. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
