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Webster 1913 Edition
Rectification
Recˊti-fi-ca′tion
(r?kˊt?-f?-k?1sh?n)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rectification
RECTIFICA'TION
, n.1.
The act or operation of correcting, amending or setting right that which is wrong or erroneous; as the retification of errors, mistakes or abuses.2.
In chimistry, the process of refining or purifying any substance by repeated distiliation, which separates the grosser parts; as the rectification of spirits or sulphuric acid.Definition 2024
rectification
rectification
English
Noun
rectification (plural rectifications)
- The action or process of rectifying.
- the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
- 1847, Thomas De Quincey, Secret Societies, originally published in parts in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, reprinted in 1863, Thomas De Quincey, Judas Iscariot and Other Writings, page 274,
- […] as after the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.
- (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- (geometry) 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.
- (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
Related terms
- birectification (geometry)
Translations
act of rectifying
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geometry: determination of a straight line
geometry: truncation of a polyhedron
astronomy: adjustment of a globe
See also
- truncation (geometry)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Late Latin rectificatio.
Noun
rectification f (plural rectifications)