rectification
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
The English word “rectification” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- The action or process of rectifying.
- The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
- 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.
- The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
- Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
- Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
- A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
Etymology
From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.
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