rectification
The action or process of rectifyingThe action or process of rectifying.
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» After realizing his mistake, Tom immediately sought rectification of the record.
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7 senses(countable, uncountable)The action or process of rectifying.
the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
исправле́ниеispravlénije
(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
(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.
(countable, uncountable)The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
(countable, uncountable)Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
(chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
(countable, historical, uncountable)Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
(countable, uncountable)A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
Examples
3 sentencesAfter realizing his mistake, Tom immediately sought rectification of the record.
The map required rectification to align with the new satellite data.
Legal rectification of the contract was necessary to correct the misleading clause.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectifiFrom Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.
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Forms
plural: rectifications| Singular | rectification |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right:correction
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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