Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

rectificationmore about rectification

rectification


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rectification  \Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion\  (r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n),  n.  [Cf. 
  F.  rectification.] 
  1.  The  act  or  operation  of  rectifying;  as  the  rectification 
  of  an  error;  the  rectification  of  spirits. 
 
  After  the  rectification  of  his  views,  he  was 
  incapable  of  compromise  with  profounder  shapes  of 
  error.  --De  Quincey. 
 
  2.  (Geom.)  The  determination  of  a  straight  line  whose  length 
  is  equal  a  portion  of  a  curve. 
 
  {Rectification  of  a  globe}  (Astron.),  its  adjustment 
  preparatory  to  the  solution  of  a  proposed  problem. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rectification 
  n  :  the  act  of  offering  an  improvement  to  replace  a  mistake 
  [syn:  {correction},  {correcting}] 




more about rectification