Definition of retract. Meaning of retract. Synonyms of retract

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Definition of retract

Retract
Retract Re*tract", v. i. 1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files. --Granville.
Retract
Retract Re*tract", n. Retreat. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Meaning of retract from wikipedia

- Look up retractor or retract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Retractor may refer to: Retractor (medical), a medical instrument Retractor (memory),...
- Look up retraction or retract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Retraction or retract(ed) may refer to: Retraction in academic publishing, withdrawals...
- position of all points in that subspace. The subspace is then called a retract of the original space. A deformation retraction is a mapping that captures...
- A retracted vowel is a vowel sound in which the body or root of the tongue is pulled backward and downward into the pharynx. The most retracted cardinal...
- Finger Retractor Little Retractor Love Nerve Retractor Green Retractor Goelet Retractor Cushing Vein Retractor Langenbeck Retractor Richardson Retractor Richardson-Eastmann...
- male **** possesses a muscle enabling retraction into the prepuce. The retractor **** muscle occurs in marsupials and carnivorans, but it is absent in...
- Senn retractors are double-ended retractors used in surgical procedures. One end is typically L-shaped, and the other has three bent prongs. The pronged...
- mathematics, in the field of group theory, a subgroup of a group is termed a retract if there is an endomorphism of the group that maps surjectively to the...
- (combinatorics) Mac Lane (1978, p.19). Borsuk, Karol (1931), "Sur les rétractes", Fundamenta Mathematicae, 17: 152–170, doi:10.4064/fm-17-1-152-170, Zbl 0003...
- nipple) is a condition where the nipple, instead of pointing outward, is retracted into the breast. In some cases, the nipple will be temporarily protruded...