rectification
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- n (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation
- n the conversion of alternating current to direct current
- n the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
- n determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve
- When Joe Klein declares that "a major rectification is called for now-", "socially and intellectually", he needs to include his own brand of ideology, or explain to the public how .
- Ringing in his ears were the echoes of Germany's plain assertion that she would seek by pacific means "rectification" of the German-Polish frontier.
- There is nothing in the Security Council resolution about border rectification.