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RECTIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)
Derivation:
rectify (math: determine the length of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Synonyms:
correction; rectification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rectification"):
redress; remediation; remedy (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)
retribution (the act of correcting for your wrongdoing)
compensation; recompense (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)
amendment (the act of amending or correcting)
emendation (a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing)
Derivation:
rectify (make right or correct)
rectify (set straight or right)
rectify (bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The conversion of alternating current to direct current
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):
changeover; conversion; transition (an event that results in a transformation)
Derivation:
rectify (convert into direct current)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):
purification; refinement; refining (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Derivation:
rectify (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities)
