A Ph.D. student found a fundamental flaw in research published in 2014, and upon which she was building her research, which led to a retraction by the original author.
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Retraction
//ɹɪˈtɹækʃən//
Synonyms for "retraction" (115 found)
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9 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- herroeping noun (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion)
Finnish
2 entries- retraktio noun (mathematical function)
- typistys noun (mathematical function)
German
1 entries- Widerrufung noun (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion)
Italian
2 entries- retratto noun (mathematical function)
- retrazione noun (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion)
Spanish
1 entries- rajada noun (an act or instance of retracting)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagtatamauli noun (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion)
- tamauli noun (a printed statement to withdraw an earlier assertion)
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