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English
Etymology
From Latin neglectiōnem, accusative singular of neglectiō (“neglect”), from neglectus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“neglect”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neglection (plural neglections)
- (now nonstandard) neglect
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:And this neglection of degree it is
That by a pace goes backward.
2008, Heinrich Hora, Plasmas at High Temperature and Density:While the impressive textbook treatment of this kinetic theory is restricted to the most significant and elegant results which astonishingly can be gained despite of drastic simplifications, neglections and linearizations, one has to take into account how much richer the theory is if less approximative assumptions are used.
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