different between cancellation vs retraction

English

Alternative forms

• cancelation (US)

Etymology

cancel +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæns??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cancellation (countable and uncountable, plural cancellations)

1. The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2. (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.
3. (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
4. (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
5. (anatomy) The property of being cancellate.
   • 194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia

     Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]

Related terms

• cancel
• killer cancel

Translations

English

Etymology

re- +? traction

Noun

retraction (countable and uncountable, plural retractions)

1. An act or instance of retracting.
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.
3. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

Translations

Further reading

• Retraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• interactor, triaconter