Definition of retraction in English:
retraction
noun rɪˈtrakʃ(ə)nrəˈtrækʃ(ə)n
1mass noun The action of drawing something back or back in.
prey are grasped between the jaws upon tongue retraction
Example sentencesExamples
- The difference between the two suborders of turtles is the method of head retraction.
- The male has been known to nip at the bottom edges of the tentacles in order to cause retraction.
- Repeated and prolonged asymmetric filopodial retraction does not alter growth cone direction.
- During jaw retraction, the neck was straightened, thereby pushing the braincase anteriorly as the lower jaw was pulling the prey caudally.
- There is a dual lock with simultaneous retraction of latch and deadbolt by an inside lever.
- This is a typical example for which the well-known consequence is cell retraction and rounding off of the surface.
- A small fraction, consistent with one or two molecules of tip retractions, show clear sawtooth patterns in force.
- The autocorrelations did not decay to zero because there was very little retraction.
- In anisotropic spreading, large regions of the edge were inactive, showing neither actin filament retraction nor edge extension.
- We consider these regions of the cell the active regions of protrusion and retraction.
2count noun A withdrawal of a statement, accusation, or undertaking.
he issued a retraction of his allegations
Example sentencesExamples
- He demanded a retraction saying that he had never heard of the calculus of fluxions until he had read the works of Wallis.
- The president has given instructions for the ambassador to be called in order to demand a retraction.
- News of the firing only became public when the official retraction was published last month.
- He privately acknowledged that he was wrong but declined to make a public retraction.
- Astronomers quickly followed up the story with a retraction.
- The retraction marks the first split in their alliance.
- The director gets to interview the priest who claims to have been the direct witness to the retraction.
- His mistress insists that he married her in formal rites, thus indirectly confirming the retraction.
- Their government has angrily demanded a retraction of tactless comments made by our treasury secretary.
- I hope everyone saw the retraction I posted at the beginning of the last chapter.
Definition of retraction in US English:
retraction
nounrəˈtrakSH(ə)nrəˈtrækʃ(ə)n
1The action of drawing something back or back in.
prey are grasped between the jaws upon tongue retraction
Example sentencesExamples
- A small fraction, consistent with one or two molecules of tip retractions, show clear sawtooth patterns in force.
- In anisotropic spreading, large regions of the edge were inactive, showing neither actin filament retraction nor edge extension.
- We consider these regions of the cell the active regions of protrusion and retraction.
- During jaw retraction, the neck was straightened, thereby pushing the braincase anteriorly as the lower jaw was pulling the prey caudally.
- Repeated and prolonged asymmetric filopodial retraction does not alter growth cone direction.
- The autocorrelations did not decay to zero because there was very little retraction.
- This is a typical example for which the well-known consequence is cell retraction and rounding off of the surface.
- There is a dual lock with simultaneous retraction of latch and deadbolt by an inside lever.
- The difference between the two suborders of turtles is the method of head retraction.
- The male has been known to nip at the bottom edges of the tentacles in order to cause retraction.
2A withdrawal of a statement, accusation, or undertaking.
he issued a retraction of his allegations
Example sentencesExamples
- His mistress insists that he married her in formal rites, thus indirectly confirming the retraction.
- The director gets to interview the priest who claims to have been the direct witness to the retraction.
- I hope everyone saw the retraction I posted at the beginning of the last chapter.
- Their government has angrily demanded a retraction of tactless comments made by our treasury secretary.
- He demanded a retraction saying that he had never heard of the calculus of fluxions until he had read the works of Wallis.
- News of the firing only became public when the official retraction was published last month.
- The retraction marks the first split in their alliance.
- The president has given instructions for the ambassador to be called in order to demand a retraction.
- Astronomers quickly followed up the story with a retraction.
- He privately acknowledged that he was wrong but declined to make a public retraction.