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Word: Rectify
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right’
ˈrɛktɪfʌɪ
put right; correct
Short Definition:put right
Examples:- mistakes made now cannot be rectified later
- we are working to rectify the situation
convert (alternating current) to direct current
Short Definition:convert alternating current to direct current
Examples:- the current from the transformers is rectified by high-voltage diodes
find a straight line equal in length to (a curve)
Short Definition:find straight line equal in length
Examples:- his methods of rectifying the cycloid
purify or refine (a substance) by repeated or continuous distillation
Short Definition:purify or refine substance by repeated distillation
Examples:- butyl lactate was rectified, and the purified butyl lactate was sequentially hydrolysed
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