Word Finder - retraction

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An act or instance of retracting.

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A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.

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A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

The retraction of nickel was diminished by rising temperature, and at had almost vanished.

Isles FM failed to justify their decision to broadcast the retraction of his original news item.

The court found for Glass, and Matthews issuing a retraction, paid half Glass's costs.

The GTPases Rac and Cdc42 promote outgrowth of neurites while Rho promotes their retraction, by switching on the kinases PAK and ROK respectively.

Signs include eyelid retraction, conjunctival redness and swelling, proptosis (either unilateral or bilateral ), periorbital edema, and ophthalmoplegia.

If that happens, I will make a full retraction.

The court found for Glass, and Matthews issuing a retraction, paid half Glass 's costs.

If the procedure is repeated, structural changes in the eardrum can occur, such as loss of tone (flaccidity), shrinkage or retraction, or hardening of a spot on the eardrum (tympanosclerosis).

Despite the GMC rulings and The Lancet's retraction, Wakefield stands by his study.

The British scientific community takes the retraction to a devastating level for Wakefield, as they suggest that the study is not only erroneous, it is fraudulent.

Midship - This area holds the pod retraction systems and cross-ways linking to the hangar decks for the purpose of moving equipment and personnel.

Despite the effect of a false rumour of retraction and a forged confession, his adversaries in despair summoned him to four public conferences (1st, 18th, 23rd and 27th of September), and although still suffering, and allowed neither time nor books for preparation, he bore himself so easily and readily that he won the admiration of most of the audience.

If the white of the sclera can be seen all around the iris then this could be due to exophthalmos or lid retraction.

The secondary hydraulic pump supplies the push bar lock and winch, and provides for faster cylinder retraction.

Not surprisingly the subsequent retraction of the story received considerably less attention.

Retraction of the foreskin reveals a clearly defined fibrous ring.

To retract a Bid you must contact the Guardian Unlimited Travel Auction Manager with your Bid retraction request.

With regard to the retraction mechanism it is allowed to manually feed the belt back in.

They may suffer with neck retraction (where the neck is arched backward).

The eyelids are also examined for drooping or retraction.

A doctor may also see scarring, retraction of the eardrum, or bulging of the eardrum.

The retraction of the study is a slap in the face, but finding the study linking vaccines and autism a fraud is devastating to the researcher.

The subsequent retraction did not therefore cast doubt on his integrity.

I trust you will ensure that an immediate retraction and apology are issued.

He could also be spectacularly wrong, put his faith in a bad source and have to issue an embarrassing retraction.

Sharon has plenty of muscle - superb back and outstanding side chest and triceps shots - even an abdominal retraction.

They may suffer with neck retraction (where the neck is arched backward ).

It will publish a front page retraction apologizing for the " deep distress and acute embarrassment " it had caused her.

Graham showed that a wire of palladium alloyed with from 24 to 25 parts of gold does not exhibit the remarkable retraction which, in pure palladium, attends its loss of occluded hydrogen.

The elongation is generally found to reach a maximum under a magnetizing force of 50 to 120 units, and to vanish under a force of 200 to 400, retraction occurring when still higher forces are applied.

In Cheilostomata with a rigid frontal wall A, of Membranipora; B, of an Jullien showed that proimmature zooecium of Cribrilina trusion and retraction were p.m., Parietal muscles.

Tentacles infolded, during retraction, into a vestibule which can.

Natural arrest of haemorrhage arises from (I) the coagulation of the blood itself, (2) the diminution of the heart's action as in fainting, (3) changes taking place in the cut vessel causing its retraction and contraction.

During retraction this "collar" lies concealed in the beginning of the introvert.

Thus among the tongue movements evoked by stigmatic stimulation of the cortex undeviated protrusion or retraction of the organ is not found.

Nickel exhibited retraction from the very beginning (as observed by Barrett), its greatest change of length considerably exceeding that undergone by iron; in a field of Boo the original length was diminished by as much as 1/40,000 part, but stronger forces failed to produce any further effect.