transitive verb rectified, rectifying
- to put or set right; correct; amend
- to adjust, as in movement or balance; adjust by calculation
- Chem. to refine or purify (a liquid) by distillation, esp. by fractional or repeated distillations
- Elec. to convert (alternating current) to direct current
- Math. to find the length of (a curve)
Origin:
ME rectifien < MFr rectifier < LL rectificare: see recti- & -fy