Retraction (disambiguation)

Retraction may refer to:

Academia

Mathematics

Human physiology

  • Retracted (phonetics), a sound pronounced to the back of the vocal tract, in linguistics
  • Retracted tongue root, a position of the tongue during the pronunciation of a vowel, in phonetics
  • Sternal retraction, a symptom of respiratory distress in humans
  • Retraction (kinesiology) - an anatomical term of motion

Humanities

Politics/administration

  • a public statement made to correct a previously made statement that was incorrect, invalid, or in error
gollark: The videos they have there don't actually work.
gollark: That... doesn't actually exist, I'm relatively sure.
gollark: > The crystal battery uses diode material sensitive to the Zero Point band of the electromagnetic spectrum. ???
gollark: Well, this just seems to be technobabble and conspiracy theories.
gollark: I tend to not trust black-background websites with weird colored text and fancy animated backgrounds, but I suppose I'll read it.

See also

  • Retractor (disambiguation)
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