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Definition of Correction

1. Noun. The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right.

2. Noun. A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure.

3. Noun. Something substituted for an error.

4. Noun. A rebuke for making a mistake.

5. Noun. A drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases. "Market runups are invariably followed by a correction"

6. Noun. The act of punishing. "The offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"

7. Noun. Treatment of a specific defect. "The correction of his vision with eye glasses"

Definition of Correction

1. n. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

Definition of Correction

1. Noun. The act of correcting. ¹

2. Noun. A substitution for an error or mistake. ¹

3. Noun. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender. ¹

4. Noun. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct. ¹

5. Noun. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Correction

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Medical Definition of Correction

1. A setting right, as the provision of specific lenses for the improvement of vision or an arbitrary adjustment made in values or devices in performance of experimental procedures. Origin: L. Correctio = straightening out, amendment This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Correction

corrected corrected and republished article corrected dextrocardia corrected transposition of the great vessels correcter correctest correcteth correctified correctifies correctify

correctifying correcting correcting fluid correcting fluids correctio correction (current term) correction collar correction factor correction fluid correction fluids

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