Category:Rectification

Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion (rk`t*f*k1shn), n. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.