RECTIFICATION

rectification. Rectification, n. the act or art of setting right, purification by distilling or subliming

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Rec′ti‐fi‐ca″tion (r?k′t?‐f?‐k?1sh?n), n. [[Cf. F. rectification.]] 1. 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. 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.