Canadian English Meaning of rectify
rectify
Other Canadian English words related to rectify
Nearest Words of rectify
- rectifying => correcting
- rectifying tube => Rectifying tube
- rectifying valve => Rectifier valve
- rectilineal => Rectilinear
- rectilinear => Rectilinear
- rectilinear regression => rectilinear regression
- rectilinearity => rectilinearity
- rectilineous => rectilinear
- rectinerved => Rectinerved
- rection => reaction
Definitions and Meaning of rectify in English
rectify (v)
math: determine the length of
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
set straight or right
make right or correct
convert into direct current
rectify (v. t.)
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.
FAQs About the word rectify
rectify
math: determine the length of, reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities, bring, lead, or force to ab
amend,Correct,remedy,change,improve,Reform,Repair,Rewrite,Adjust,adjust
damage,harm,hurt,impair,injure,spoil,scar,aggravate,worsen
rectifier => rectifier, rectified => rectified, rectificator => Rectifier, rectification => rectification, rectifiable => Rectifiable,