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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.
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The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of
God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype.
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2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is
intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment;
discipline; chastisement.
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Correction and instruction must both work
Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak.
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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.
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4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what
is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the
correction of acidity in the stomach.
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5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as,
chronometer correction; compass correction.
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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.
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