retraction

See also:rétraction

English

Etymology

re-+‎traction

Noun

retraction(countableanduncountable,pluralretractions)

1. An act or instance ofretracting.
2. A statementprintedorbroadcastin apublicforumwhich effects thewithdrawalof an earlierassertion,and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
3. (mathematics)Acontinuousfunctionfrom atopological spaceontoasubspacewhich is theidentityon that subspace.

Translations

a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion

• Dutch:herroeping(nl)
• German:Widerrufungf
• Italian:retrazionef
• Tagalog:tamauli,pagtatamauli

mathematical function

• Italian:retratto(it)m

Further reading

• Retractionon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• interactor,triaconter