rectification

Noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

correction amendment reformation rescript change indemnity quadrature erratum correct reform recovery improvement repair compensation revision
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Antonyms

blight dirtying trip slide deterioration diminishing
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Hypernyms

transition finding conversion improvement determination purification

Hyponyms

amendment compensation remedy retribution redress recompense

Anagrams

certification

Examples

CANNON, 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

Close letter words and terms

recti- rectifiability rectifiable rectificational rectificator rectificatory