rectification
改正,改訂,矯正
Rec·ti·fi·ca·tion n.
1. The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. --De Quincey.
2. Geom. The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Rectification of a globe Astron., its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
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rectification
n 1: (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a
substance by distillation
2: the conversion of alternating current to direct current
3: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake;
setting right [syn: correction]
4: determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight
line equal in length to a given curve