| slovo | definícia |
retraction
(mass) | retraction
- odvolanie |
retraction
(encz) | retraction,anulování n: Zdeněk Brož |
retraction
(encz) | retraction,odstoupení n: Zdeněk Brož |
retraction
(encz) | retraction,odvolání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Retraction
(gcide) | Retraction \Re*trac"tion\ (r[-e]*tr[=a]k"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]traction, L. retractio a drawing back, hesitation.]
1. The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being
retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
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2. The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated,
claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion;
recantation.
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Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly
beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all
my either retractions or concessions. --Eikon
Basilike.
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3. (Physiol.)
(a) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the
retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a
sinew.
(b) The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or
towards the center of the body.
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retraction
(wn) | retraction
n 1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn:
retraction, abjuration, recantation]
2: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the
retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
retraction
(mass) | retraction
- odvolanie |
retraction
(encz) | retraction,anulování n: Zdeněk Brožretraction,odstoupení n: Zdeněk Brožretraction,odvolání n: Zdeněk Brož |
retraction
(wn) | retraction
n 1: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion [syn:
retraction, abjuration, recantation]
2: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the
retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" |
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