"correctant" meaning in English

See correctant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: correctants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} correctant (plural correctants)
  1. Something that serves to correct something else.
    Sense id: en-correctant-en-noun-K4CgTf4i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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