rectification

UK /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

The action or process of rectifying.

the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits

[…] as after the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error.

2

The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.

3

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.

4

The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.

5

Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.

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