"retraction" meaning in English

See retraction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retraction.wav Forms: retractions [plural]
Etymology: From re- + traction. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|traction}} re- + traction Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} retraction (countable and uncountable, plural retractions)
  1. An act or instance of retracting. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-retraction-en-noun-Deq-eYJr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 34 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 34 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 44 34 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 33 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 35 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 34 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 45 33 22
  2. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion): herroeping (Dutch), Widerrufung [feminine] (German), retrazione [feminine] (Italian), tamauli (Tagalog), pagtatamauli (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-retraction-en-noun-JmD7O6D0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 35 23 Disambiguation of 'a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion': 8 86 6
  3. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematical function): retraktio (Finnish), typistys (Finnish), retratto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-retraction-en-noun-kxjLDP-I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 39 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 34 37 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 35 23 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematical function': 4 7 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clot retraction time

Inflected forms

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