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Webster 1913 Edition

Cancellation

Canˊcel-la′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

cancellatio

: cf. F.

cancellation

.]

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.