correction
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ʃən noun
1.
something that is substituted or proposed for what is wrong or inaccurate; emendation.
2.
the act of correcting.
3.
punishment intended to reform, improve, or rehabilitate; chastisement; reproof.
4.
Usually, corrections. the various methods, as incarceration, parole, and probation, by which society deals with convicted offenders.
5.
a quantity applied or other adjustment made in order to increase accuracy, as in the use of an instrument or the solution of a problem: A five degree correction will put the ship on course.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of correcting |
| 2. | something offered or substituted for an error; an improvement |
| 3. | the act or process of punishing; reproof |
| 4. | a number or quantity added to or subtracted from a scientific or mathematical calculation or observation to increase its accuracy |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
correction
mid-14c., "action of correcting," from Fr. correction, from L. correctionem, noun of action from pp. stem of corrigere (see correct). Meaning "chastizement" is from late 14c. Meaning "an instance of correction" is from 1520s. House of correction was in a royal statute from 1575.
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Example sentences
Further reflection will show us in what respect this statement requires correction.
But again, the search for evidence and the use of math always leaves the door open for correction.
Even science pioneers on the right track come up with bogus correction factors to explain away inconvenient effects.
Then everybody would think he was a moron for not making a correction.
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