correction : Idioms & Phrases
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Correction line
(Surv.) , a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares.
Webster 1913
department of corrections
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noun the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders
corrections.
- for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections
WordNet
error correction code
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noun (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
ECC.
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House of correction
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noun (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
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- . See
Correction . - a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell.
Webster 1913
Under correction
- subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.
