Dictionary Definition
rectification
Noun
1 (chemistry) the process of refinement or
purification of a substance by distillation
2 the conversion of alternating current to direct
current
3 the act of offering an improvement to replace a
mistake; setting right [syn: correction]
4 determination of the length of a curve; finding
a straight line equal in length to a given curve
User Contributed Dictionary
Extensive Definition
Rectification has the following technical
meanings.
- Rectification, in astrology
- Rectification (chemistry)
- Chinese history - see Cheng Feng
- Rectification (geometry) - truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points
- Rectifier
- Image rectification - adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system (GIS)
- Rectification (law)
- Rectifiable curve, in mathematics
- Rectifiable set, in mathematics
rectification in German: Rektifikation
rectification in Japanese:
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
amendment, amends, atonement, balancing, commutation, compensation, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing,
editing, emendation, expiation, fixing, indemnification,
indemnity, lex
talionis, making right, mending, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, recension, recompense, redaction, redress, remedy, repair, repairing, reparation, repayment, rescript, rescription, restitution, retaliation, revampment, revenge, revisal, revise, revised edition, revision, rewrite, rewriting, satisfaction, substitution, troubleshooting