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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}]
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