Definitions for rectification
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1. rectificationnoun

   (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation

2. rectificationnoun

   the conversion of alternating current to direct current

3. correction, rectificationnoun

   the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

4. rectificationnoun

   determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

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1. rectificationnoun

   The action or process of rectifying.

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1. Rectificationnoun

   Etymology: rectification, Fr. from rectify.

   1. The act of setting right what is wrong.

   It behoved the deity to renew that revelation from time to time, and to rectify abuses with such authority for the renewal and rectification, as was sufficient evidence of the truth of what was revealed. Duncan Forbes.

   2.In chymistry, rectification is drawing any thing over again by distillation, to make it yet higher or finer. John Quincy

   At the first rectification of some spirit of salt in a retort, a single pound afforded no less than six ounces of phlegm. Boyle.

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1. Rectification

   Rectification has the following technical meanings:

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1. Rectificationnoun

   the act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits

2. Rectificationnoun

   the determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. rectification.]

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1. Rectification

   In Euclidean geometry, rectification is the process of truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points. The resulting polytope will be bounded by the vertex figures and the rectified facets of the original polytope.

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1. rectification

   In photogrammetry, the process of projecting a tilted or oblique photograph on to a horizontal reference plane.

Matched Categories

1. • Chemistry
   • Conversion
   • Determination
   • Improvement
   • Refining

Anagrams for rectification »

1. certification

2. cretification

How to pronounce rectification?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rectification in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rectification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rectification in a Sentence

1. Fang Wei:

   We have been repeating the cycle of inspection-rectification-punishment ... It's time to solve the problem for good.

2. The MIIT:

   The inclusion on the rectification list (for the breaches) is a reminder and warning to the company, if the company rectifies the situation within one year, its withdrawal from the list will be studied.

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