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Cancellation
//kænsəˈleɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 1 The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. countable, uncountable
"Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users."
- 2 the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement wordnet
- 3 The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor. countable, uncountable
- 4 the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void wordnet
- 5 A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse. countable, uncountable
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- 6 In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent. countable, uncountable
- 7 The property of being cancellate. countable, uncountable
"194?, Columbia University. School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Principles of Radiodontia Spongy bone is composed of cancellated areas appearing as a fine, interlacing network. These cancellated spaces are irregular both in size and shape. The normal cancellation is rather large […]"
Etymology
From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
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