RETENTION
\ɹɪtˈɛnʃən], \ɹɪtˈɛnʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of RETENTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 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
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
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The power of retaining; retentiveness.
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The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
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Place of custody or confinement.
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The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
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That which contains something, as a tablet; a of preserving impressions.
By Oddity Software
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The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
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The power of retaining; retentiveness.
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The act of withholding; retraint; reserve.
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Place of custody or confinement.
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The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
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That which contains something, as a tablet; a of preserving impressions.
By Noah Webster.
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The persistence to perform a learned behavior (facts or experiences) after an interval has elapsed in which there has been no performance or practice of the behavior.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of keeping, or state of being kept, in possession; act or power of keeping things in the mind; memory.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The keeping in the body of what normally belongs there, especially the retaining of food and drink in the stomach. 2. The keeping in the body of what normally should be discharged, as urine or feces. 3. Keeping in mind; memory.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act or power of retaining, as in the memory; the undue withholding of some natural discharge; restraint.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Accumulation of a solid or liquid substance, in canals intended for its excretion, or in a reservoir, intended to contain it for a short period.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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