rectification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
  2. noun the conversion of alternating current to direct current
  3. noun the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
    correction.
  4. noun determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

WordNet

Rec`ti*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. rectification.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913