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Cancellation   /kˌænsəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Cancellation  n.  
1.
The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2.
(Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor.





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"Cancellation" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mrs de Horne Vaizey, also known as Jessie Mansergh, about the lives of five girls in one family, and their friends, in Edwardian times. Of course every time there is a major event, such as an engagement, or the cancellation of one, the different girls all have different takes on ...
— A Houseful of Girls • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
... wire-wrapped engineering prototypes requiring individual attention from more than usually competent site personnel, and thus had significant reliability problems. Poole's legendary temper and unwillingness to suffer fools gladly did not help matters. By the time of the Jupiter project cancellation in 1983, Foonly's proposal to build another F-1 was eclipsed by the {Mars}, and the company never quite recovered. See the {Mars} entry for the continuation and moral ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... the shadow of the cliff and they had to feel their way along a path through the tumbled boulders. A sudden blaze of light made Brion wince and shield his eyes. Near him, on the ground, was the humming shape of a cancellation projector, sending out a fan-shaped curtain of vibration that absorbed all the light rays falling upon it. This incredible blackness made a lightproof wall for the recessed hollow at the foot of the cliff. In this shelter, under the overhang of rock, ...
— Planet of the Damned • Harry Harrison
... must make sure, in all that we do, that there be no breakdown or cancellation of any of the great social gains which we have made in these past years. We have carried on an offensive on a broad front against social and economic inequalities and abuses which had made our society weak. That offensive ...
— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
... steers. No sounder proposition or more promising one could have been put forward. But all my efforts to get the capital needed failed and it was fortunate for me that at the end of one year I succeeded in getting a cancellation of the lease. On first securing the lease the season was well advanced and it became an anxiety to me as to where I should get cattle to put in the pasture, if only enough to pay the year's rent—some ...
— Ranching, Sport and Travel • Thomas Carson


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