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Webster 1913 Edition
Rectification
Recˊti-fi-ca′tion
(r?kˊt?-f?-k?1sh?n)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rectification
RECTIFICA'TION
, n.1.
The act or operation of correcting, amending or setting right that which is wrong or erroneous; as the retification of errors, mistakes or abuses.2.
In chimistry, the process of refining or purifying any substance by repeated distiliation, which separates the grosser parts; as the rectification of spirits or sulphuric acid.