retraction
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word retraction. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word retraction, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say retraction in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word retraction you have here. The definition of the word retraction will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofretraction, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: rétraction
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
retraction (countable and uncountable, plural retractions)
- An act or instance of retracting.
- 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.
- (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
Derived terms
Translations
a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion
|
Further reading
Retraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
