• Rectification

    Full definition of rectification

    Noun

    rectification

    (plural rectifications)
    1. The action or process of rectifying.the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
      • De QuinceyAfter the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.
    2. (geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
    3. (astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
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