cancellation

1 the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement

2 the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void

English

Etymology

cancel + ation

Alternative spellings

• cancelation i rare

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

Noun

1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2. The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.
3. A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
4. In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.

Translations

• Czech: zrušení , storno i of an order
• Dutch: afgelasting (1)
• Hebrew: ביטול (bit'ul) (1)
• Italian: cancellazione (1)
• Swedish: förkortning , strykning

Related terms

• cancel
• killer cancel

Cancel may refer to:

• Cancellation (mail), in mail, a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating that the item has been used
• Cancellation (television), the termination of a television series
• "Cancelled" (South Park) an episode of South Park
• Cancellation property, the property that if a * b = a * c then b = c
• Loss of significance when doing calculations with floating point numbers
• Noise cancellation, a method for reducing unwanted sound
• Phase cancellation, the effect of two waves that are out of phase with each other being summed
• Cancel message, in Usenet, a special message used to remove articles posted to news server
• Cancel character, in telecommunication, an indication that the data with which it is associated are in error or are to be disregarded
• Cancellation of removal, a form of immigration relief available to aliens in the United States who be otherwise inadmissible or deportable

• An alternate name for the archangel Camael.

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