correction

Plural: corrections

Noun

• the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
• a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
• something substituted for an error
• a rebuke for making a mistake
• a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases
  • "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"
• the act of punishing
• treatment of a specific defect
  • "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"
• The act of correcting.
• A substitution for an error or mistake.
• Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
• An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
• A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.
• a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted

Examples

• I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.

Synonyms

chastening, chastisement, discipline, fudge factor, rectification