Cancellation

//kænsəˈleɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement wordnet
  3. 3
    The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void wordnet
  5. 5
    A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse. countable, uncountable
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  1. 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
  2. 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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