rectification
noun/ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.
7 senses
- 1The action or process of rectifying.
- 2The determination of a straight line whose length is…
- 3The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex…
- 4The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of…
- 5Purification of a substance through repeated or…
- 6Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist…
- 7A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time…
The action or process of rectifying.
- the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
- […] as after the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.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
1 more example
- Whereas delinquency correlates with treatment, psychotherapy, and correction, the category of the disorderly is more closely associated with a militaristic method of rectification.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences 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, Natural sciences The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
Chemical engineering
Government, Politics Historical Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
Astrology, Human sciences, Mysticism, Philosophy, Sciences A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
- Derived terms
- birectification, georectification, image rectification, orthorectification, rectificational
- Related terms
- truncation