retract – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: renounce,
repudiate,
shrink,
wince,
flinch,
funk,
squinch,
cringe,
quail,
recoil,
pull,
pull in,
draw in,
attract,
draw
retract
v.
annul, cancel; recant; withdraw, take back; retreat, draw back, pull back; pull inward; use a surgical device to keep open the edges of an organ or wound
Retract
In
topology, a branch of mathematics, a
retraction is a continuous mapping from the entire
space into a
subspace which preserves the position of all points in that subspace. A
deformation retraction is a
map which captures the idea of
continuously shrinking a space into a subspace.
retract
Verb
1. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
(synonym) abjure, recant, forswear, resile
(hypernym) renounce, repudiate
(derivation) retraction, abjuration, recantation
2. pull away from a source of disgust or fear
(synonym) shrink back
(hypernym) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
3. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
(synonym) pull back, draw back
(hypernym) pull
(derivation) retractor
4. pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
(synonym) draw in
(hypernym) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
(hyponym) invaginate, introvert
(verb-group) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
(derivation) retraction
retract
v.
odvolat; vzít zpět
retract
Czas.
wycofywać
