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rectification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rectification has 4 senses
- rectification(n = noun.process) Array - (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation; Array is a kind of purification, refinement, refining
- rectification(n = noun.event) Array - the conversion of alternating current to direct current; Array is a kind of changeover, conversion, transition
- rectification(n = noun.act) correction - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right; Array is a kind of improvement
- rectification(n = noun.act) Array - determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve; Array is a kind of determination, finding
Derived form verb rectify2
Derived form verb rectify6
has particulars: redress, remediation, remedy, retribution, compensation, recompense, amendment, emendation
Derived forms verb rectify5, verb rectify4, verb rectify3
Derived form verb rectify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
rectification, n. [Cf. F. rectification.].
- The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits. [1913 Webster]"After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error." [1913 Webster]
- The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
rectification
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, troubleshootingROGET THESAURUS
rectification
Restoration
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.
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