comission
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Noun[edit]
comission (plural comissions)
- (rare) Alternative form of commission
- 1906, Xavier Mayne, Imre: A Memorandum, page 72:
- Again the small detail, this time one of comission, not omission, on my part!
- 1982, Fred C. Grunwald, “A mathematical model for culling a computerized medical records index”, in Computer-assisted medical record systems: an examination of case studies: proceedings of a forum, June 3-4, 1982, Boston, Massachusetts, American Hospital Association, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 108:
- This, in the opinion of the author and medical records personnel, constituted extraneous "noise" in the search process, thus drastically increasing the likelihood of error, either by overlooking the correct patient (error of omission) or inadvertently selecting the wrong one (error of comission).
- 1982, Signing and delineation of special usage lanes, Federal Highway Administration, →OCLC, Report No. FHWA/RD-81/063, page 70:
- It was therefore necessary to evaluate the extent to which each sign conveyed each type of information, and to assess errors of both omission and comission for the entire response set.