rectification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rectification	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rectification n (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation the conversion of alternating current to direct current the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right Synonym(s): correction, rectification determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rectification \Rec`tifica"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.