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rectification

[ UK /ɹˌɛktɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛktəfəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
  2. the conversion of alternating current to direct current
  3. (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
  4. determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

How To Use rectification In A Sentence

  • This spiritual purification may be compared with the purification of natural spirits, which is effected by the chemists, and is called defecation, rectification, castigation, acution, decantation, and sublimation; and wisdom purified may be compared with alcohol, which is a highly rectified spirit. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love
  • demands for rectification of terrible injustices
  • Moreover the chancellor of the exchequer saw before him an inevitable addition of ten millions of pounds sterling to his budget, the only avowable reason for which was the rectification of the Canadian frontier. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII
  • After Liberation in 1949, with the rectification and reorganization of the social order, the practice of streetwalking, pimping and whore-mongering was ordered eliminated.
  • Gin is produced by the rectification of neutral spirits with premium quality botanicals in traditional copper pot stills.
  • Suffering is not a punishment for wrongdoing, but a goad to rectification.
  • Combined with the jacking-up and rectification engineering of some residential building, some points of design and construction are introduced.
  • The structural underfunding which caused the gradual descent into debt has not been addressed, although clearly the hope is that there will be some future rectification.
  • A digital phase-shifted trigger circuit based on FPGA is introduced in this paper, which can be used for three-phase supply power of thyristor rectification and inventer circuit.
  • Units of legal affairs: procurator, amanuensis, forensic physician, inspector, bailiff, investigator, rectification personnel, and guard.
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