auto-correctionn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)kəˈrɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊkəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdəkəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊkəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəkəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. The fact or process of a physical condition, disorder, etc., correcting itself naturally; the correction of a condition or disorder without surgery or drugs. Now rare.
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1898 Trans. Amer. Orthopedic Assoc. 11 126 Auto-correction repeated at intervals on the horizontal frame [of the spine], as demonstrated by Dr. Goldthwait, seemed to the speaker to be the most promising of the newer methods.
1918 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Nov. 572/1 Auto-correction of a low degree of astigmatism is common long after the presbyopic age.
1977 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics 71 287 In most cases, despite the autocorrection of the chin by the anterior and superior movement of pogonion which accompanies a superior movement of the maxilla, a genioplasty is required to establish good facial balance.
b. Chiefly Education. The action or an act of recognizing and correcting one's own errors or faults.
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1901 Lancet 11 May 1330/2 I considered as mistakes..the unwritten words and parts of sentences left out and the extra words, as auto-corrections the right letters written over the wrong ones.
1912 A. E. George tr. M. Montessori Montessori Method xii. 172 It is the work of the child, the auto-correction, the auto-education which acts, for the teacher must not interfere in the slightest way.
1963 Excerpta Criminologica 3 38/2 A communal attitude of auto-correction..arose and reinforced the sense of social responsibility among these people.
2001 Hispania 84 538 I..tried to guide them in an intuitive process of auto-correction.
2. Automatic correction of errors, deviations, etc.; a feature on a device which enables this. Cf. auto-correct n., auto-correct v. 2b.
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1956 Proc. Eastern Joint Computer Conf. 86 /1 Are you aware of any efforts being made to develop error detection and auto-correction techniques for teletype communications?
1963 Bios 34 196 Computer techniques are also used to determine fetal heart rate by auto-correction or cancelling of the heart beat of the pregnant mother after establishing normal patterns.
1982 N.Y. Times 28 Feb. 52 (advt.) Praxis 35... 10 character memory for auto correction.
1993 Flight Internat. (Nexis) 24 Aug. In greater turbulence, flap auto-correction function should not be a nuisance as it is delayed for 3s after sensing low airspeed.
2008 E. C. Baig & B. LeVitus IPhone for Dummies xviii. 218 Here are two related tips about auto-correction that can also help you type faster and more accurately.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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