Noun: rectification ,rek-ti-fi'key-shun
- The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
"The company issued a rectification of its previous statement";
- correction
- (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
"The rectification of crude oil produces various petroleum products"
- The conversion of alternating current to direct current
"Rectification is an essential process in many electronic devices"
- Determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
"The rectification of the complex curve was a challenging mathematical problem"
Derived forms: rectifications
Type of: changeover, conversion, determination, finding, improvement, purification, refinement, refining, transition
Encyclopedia: Rectification