Rectification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rectification \Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion\ (r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n), n. [Cf.
     F. rectification.]
     1. The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification
        of an error; the rectification of spirits.
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              After the rectification of his views, he was
              incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of
              error.                                --De Quincey.
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     2. (Geom.) The determination of a straight line whose length
        is equal a portion of a curve.
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     {Rectification of a globe} (Astron.), its adjustment
        preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rectification
       n 1: (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a
            substance by distillation
       2: the conversion of alternating current to direct current
       3: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake;
          setting right [syn: {correction}]
       4: determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight
          line equal in length to a given curve

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "rectification":
     amendment, amends, atonement, balancing, commutation, compensation,
     correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, editing, emendation,
     expiation, fixing, indemnification, indemnity, lex talionis,
     making right, mending, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling,
     recension, recompense, redaction, redress, remedy, repair,
     repairing, reparation, repayment, rescript, rescription,
     restitution, retaliation, revampment, revenge, revisal, revise,
     revised edition, revision, rewrite, rewriting, satisfaction,
     substitution, troubleshooting