| VERB | communication | rectify | (math) determine the length of |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | rectify, refine | reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state | |
| change | rectify, reform, reclaim, regenerate | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
| change | rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend | set straight or right | |
| change | rectify, correct, right | make right or correct | |
| change | rectify | convert into direct current |
| Sounds | reh'ktahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | (math) determine the length of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rectify a curve" | |
| Broader | determine, find, find out, ascertain | Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment / experiment, survey, or study |
| Nouns | rectification | determination of the length of a curve |
| Meaning | Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | refine | |
| Broader | purify, sublimate, make pure, distill | Remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation |
| Spanish | refinar | |
| Catalan | refinar | |
| Nouns | rectification | (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation |
| Meaning | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | reform, reclaim, regenerate | |
| Narrower | moralize, moralise | improve the morals of |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Similar to | reform, straighten out, see the light | change for the better |
| Catalan | reformar, regenerar | |
| Nouns | rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| Meaning | Set straight or right. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "rectify the inequities in salaries" | |
| Synonyms | remediate, remedy, repair, amend | |
| Broader | correct, rectify, right | make right or correct |
| Spanish | modificar, rectificar, recuperar, reformar, remediar | |
| Catalan | esmenar, rectificar | |
| Nouns | rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| rectifier | a person who corrects or sets right | |
| Meaning | make right or correct. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "rectify the calculation" | |
| Synonyms | correct, right | |
| Narrower | debug | Locate and correct errors in a computer program code |
| rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend | Set straight or right | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Opposite | falsify | falsify / falsify / falsify / falsify knowingly |
| Spanish | corregir, rectificar | |
| Catalan | corregir | |
| Nouns | rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake |
| Meaning | convert into direct current. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "rectify alternating current" | |
| Broader | change, exchange, commute, convert | Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category |
| Spanish | rectificar | |
| Nouns | rectification | the conversion of alternating current to direct current |
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