cancellation
nounUS /kænsəˈleɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin cancellātiō, from cancellō + -tiō.
1
The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- 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.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
2
Mathematics, Sciences The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
3
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Philately A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
4
Law In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- 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 […]
- Derived terms
- active noise cancellation, noise cancellation, noncancellation, precancellation
- Related terms
- cancel, killer cancel