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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: correction (0.01359 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to correction.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: correction pembenaran
English → English (WordNet) Definition: correction correction n 1: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right [syn: rectification] 2: a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure [syn: fudge factor] 3: something substituted for an error 4: a rebuke for making a mistake [syn: chastening, chastisement] 5: a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction” 6: the act of punishing; “the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received” [syn: discipline] 7: treatment of a specific defect; “the correction of his vision with eye glasses”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Correction Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster] The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. [1913 Webster] Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. [1913 Webster] 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. [1913 Webster] 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. [1913 Webster] Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. [1913 Webster]

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