rectification

1. (countable, uncountable)The action or process of rectifying.

   the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits

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2. (countable, uncountable)The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.

   determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

3. (countable, uncountable)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.

4. (countable, uncountable)The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.

5. (countable, uncountable)Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.

   (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation

6. (countable, historical, uncountable)Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.

7. (countable, uncountable)A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.

1. After realizing his mistake, Tom immediately sought rectification of the record.

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2. The map required rectification to align with the new satellite data.

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3. Legal rectification of the contract was necessary to correct the misleading clause.

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