Noun
The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries. Ambrose Bierce
Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid. Gaston Bachelard
Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries. Ambrose Bierce
My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist. Vikas Swarup
Logicians main The logicians (School of Names) were concerned with logic, paradoxes, names and actuality (similar to Confucian rectification of names). Source: Internet
The properties of negative temperature coefficient of resistance, rectification, and light-sensitivity were observed starting in the early 19th century. Source: Internet