kancellera

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancellare, inflection of cancello (“cover with lattice, cross out”). First attested in 1578.

Verb

kancellera

  1. (higher register) to cancel out, to neutralize the effect of
    • 2024 November 8, Har åkt med Stockholms FLYGANDE PENDELBÅT! [Have been on Stockholm's FLYING COMMUTER BOAT!]‎[1], spoken by Victor Norberg, Glenn Lindberg, via YouTube:
      När man har två propellrar får man en mycket mer effektiv motor, givet att ... En propeller vill ju alltid äta sig lite i sidled när den snurrar, det kan man ju då alltså kancellera med den aktra proppelen.
      When you have two propellers, you get a much more efficient engine, given that ... A propeller will always want to bite a bit sideways when it spins, and that you can then cancel out with the aft propeller.
    Synonym: ta ut
  2. (dated) to cross out
    1. to cancel
      • 1917 February 14, “Då assuransen slukar hela frakterna [When the insurance swallows the entire freight]”, in Svenska Dagbladet, page 6:
        Nordisk Skibsrederforening har i ett cirkulär till sina medlemmar uttalat sig om, hur de svenska redare böra förfara, som bortfraktat sina fartyg bl. a. på det villkoret, att rederierna skulle äga rätt att kancellera, om det visade sig omöjligt att få krigsförsäkring tecknad för vederbörande fartyg och resa.
        The Nordic Shipowners’ Association has, in a circular addressed to its members, expressed its opinion as to how Swedish shipowners should proceed who have chartered out their vessels upon, among other things, the condition that the companies shall have the right to cancel should it prove impossible to secure war insurance for the vessel in question and the voyage.

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