RECTIFY
\ɹˈɛktɪfˌa͡ɪ], \ɹˈɛktɪfˌaɪ], \ɹ_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of RECTIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
-
math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
-
convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
By Princeton University
-
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
-
math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
-
convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
-
To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
-
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
By Oddity Software
-
To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
-
To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
-
To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
By Noah Webster.
-
Rectifier, rectification.
-
Rectified.
-
Rectifying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
To make straight or right: to adjust: to correct or redress: to refine by distillation:-pa.t. and pa.p. rectified.
By Daniel Lyons
-
rectifica'tion.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
