rectification

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rectification

/ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio.

noun rectifications

countable, uncountable The action or process of rectifying. the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
countable, uncountable The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
countable, uncountable The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
countable, uncountable The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
countable, uncountable Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
countable, historical, uncountable Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
countable, uncountable A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.

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noun act of rectifying

Español	rectificación
Français	rectification
Română	rectificare
Русский	исправле́ние ispravlénije

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@misc{rectification_2026,
  title = {rectification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rectification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}