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RECTIFICATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectification mean?

• RECTIFICATION (noun)
The noun RECTIFICATION has 4 senses:

1. (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
2. the conversion of alternating current to direct current
3. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
4. determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

Familiarity information: RECTIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• RECTIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):

purification; refinement; refining (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The conversion of alternating current to direct current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):

changeover; conversion; transition (an event that results in a transformation)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

correction; rectification

Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rectification"):

redress; remediation; remedy (act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil)

retribution (the act of correcting for your wrongdoing)

compensation; recompense (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)

amendment (the act of amending or correcting)

emendation (a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rectification" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something)

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