| | correction | (คะเรค'เชิน) n. การแก้ไข, การตรวจแก้, สิ่งที่ได้แก้ไข, การลงโทษ, การตำหนิ, Syn. rectification |
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| | | | | | | | | Correction | n. [ L. correctio: cf. F. correction. ] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [ 1913 Webster ] The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. [ 1913 Webster ] Correction and instruction must both work
Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. --
House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. --
Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Correctional | a. [ Cf. F. correctionnel. ] Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Correctioner | n. One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | | 修正 | [しゅうせい, shuusei] (n, vs) amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching; update; fix; (P) #502 [Add to Longdo] | | 直し | [なおし, naoshi] (n) (1) correction; rectification; (2) mending; repair; (P) #608 [Add to Longdo] | | 加筆 | [かひつ, kahitsu] (n, vs) correction; improvement; revision #1,040 [Add to Longdo] | | コレクション | [korekushon] (n) (1) collection; (2) correction; (P) #2,251 [Add to Longdo] | | 訂正 | [ていせい, teisei] (n, vs, adj-no) correction; revision; amendment; (P) #3,914 [Add to Longdo] | | 補正 | [ほせい, hosei] (n, vs) correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum); (P) #7,694 [Add to Longdo] | | 赤字 | [あかじ, akaji] (n, adj-no) (1) deficit; (being in or going into) the red; (2) red text; red letters; (3) corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red; (P) #9,521 [Add to Longdo] | | 矯正(P);きょう正 | [きょうせい, kyousei] (n, vs, adj-no) correction; remedy; (P) #14,286 [Add to Longdo] | | 是正 | [ぜせい, zesei] (n, vs) correction; revision; (P) #16,761 [Add to Longdo] | | 校正(P);較正 | [こうせい, kousei] (n, vs) (1) (校正 only) proofreading; correction of press; (2) calibration; (P) #18,379 [Add to Longdo] |
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