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correctant (plural correctants)

  1. Something that serves to correct something else.
    • 1887, The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, page 176:
      It is not only a correctant of the salicylic acid, but also the best adjuvant we could find.
    • 2013, Charles M. Reigeluth, Instructional Design Theories and Models, page 427:
      Consequently, formative feedback serves as a correctant, and it can produce rapid changes in behavior in contrast to the more tedious process of using shaping techniques with motivational feedback []