rectification — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The action or process of rectifying.

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   the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits

   […] as after the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.

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   Whereas delinquency correlates with treatment, psychotherapy, and correction, the category of the disorderly is more closely associated with a militaristic method of rectification.

2. The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.

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3. The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.

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4. The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.

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5. Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.

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6. Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.

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7. A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.

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Noun

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

   Broader terms

   refiningrefinementpurification

2. the conversion of alternating current to direct current

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   conversiontransitionchangeover

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

   Synonyms

   correction

   Broader terms

   improvement

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

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   determinationfinding