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Business
- Cancellation (mail), a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating that the item has been used
- Cancellation (insurance)Cancellation (insurance)An insurance policy may be canceled before the end of the policy period. This has the effect of ending the policy coverage on the date of the policy cancellation.-Cancellation Methods:Three different calculation methods are commonly used...
, the termination of an insurance policy
Technology and science
- cancelCancelCancel may refer to:Business*Cancellation , a postal marking applied to a stamp or stationery indicating that the item has been used*Cancellation , the termination of an insurance policyTechnology and science...
, an action that means "undo". - CancelsCancelscancel, sb., is a bibliographic term for a replaced leaf in a printed book. The technique for this is usually to tear out the rejected leaf, and paste a new one to the stub left on the cognate leaf...
, a bibliographic term for replaced leaves in printed books - Cancellation propertyCancellation propertyIn mathematics, the notion of cancellative is a generalization of the notion of invertible.An element a in a magma has the left cancellation property if for all b and c in M, a * b = a * c always implies b = c.An element a in a magma has the right cancellation...
, the mathematical property that if a * b = a * c then b = c - Loss of significanceLoss of significanceLoss of significance is an undesirable effect in calculations using floating-point arithmetic. It occurs when an operation on two numbers increases relative error substantially more than it increases absolute error, for example in subtracting two large and nearly equal numbers. The effect is that...
, cumulative errors incurred when doing calculations with floating point numbers - Noise cancellation, a method for reducing unwanted sound
- Phase cancellation, the effect of two waves that are out of phase with each other being summed
- Cancel message, a special message used to remove Usenet articles posted to news servers
- Cancel characterCancel characterIn telecommunication, the term cancel character has the following meanings:#A control character used to indicate that the data with which it is associated are in error or are to be disregarded....
, an indication that transmitted data are in error or are to be disregarded
Entertainment
- Cancellation (television)Cancellation (television)In television, cancellation refers to the termination of a program by a network, typically because of low viewership and/or unfavourable critical reviews. Another reason why television programs can be cancelled is to make room for new television programs...
, the termination of a television series - "Cancelled" (South Park)Cancelled (South Park)"Cancelled" is the season 7 premiere episode and the overall 97th episode, although intended to be the 100th, of the Comedy Central series South Park. It originally aired on March 19, 2003.- Plot :...
, an episode of the TV series South Park - Cancel (band), a hiphop metal band from Ljubljana, Slovenia
People and characters
- Robinson CancelRobinson CancelRobinson Cancel is a catcher in Major League Baseball who is currently with the Houston Astros. He made his major league debut for the Brewers on September 3, 1999....
(born 1976), baseball catcher - An alternate name for the archangel Camael
Government
- Cancellation of removalCancellation of removalCancellation of removal is a form of immigration relief available to individuals who have been placed in removal proceedings before the United States Executive Office for Immigration Review. It was designed to replace suspension of deportation, a form of relief available prior to the passage of...
, a form of immigration relief available to aliens in the United States who be otherwise inadmissible or deportable