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Rectification : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
After the rectification of his views, he was
incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of
error. --De Quincey.
2. (Geom.) The determination of a straight line whose length
is equal a portion of a curve.
Rectification of a globe (Astron.), its adjustment
preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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