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rectified

[ rek-tuh-fahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

made, put, or set right; corrected or remedied:
E-commerce still suffers from an easily rectified fallacy—the notion that a website constitutes a web business.
made square or straight:
This ceramic tile is a quality rectified tile, mechanically finished on all sides to achieve uniformity.
Electricity. (of an alternating current) changed into a direct current:
If you know what might cause "skipping" in a brushed DC motor supplied by a rectified AC signal, tell me.
Chemistry. (especially of a spirit or liquor) purified by repeated distillation:
Whiskey made of rectified spirits, colored and flavored by burnt sugar, was often branded as bourbon.

First recorded in 1550–60; 1865–70 rectified fordef 3; 1570–80 rectified fordef 4; rectify ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; rectify ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

In most cases that, too, has been rectified—with the exception of Michael Douglas, who is one silver-haired fox.

A lot of their injuries—particularly the people shot in the eyes—could have been rectified.

My mother had this rectified in a later publication of the paper, but that, of course, I never saw.

By this method a line can be reserved for each hand, and any discrepancy in the scores at once rectified.

The error was rectified, but only temporarily, at the Somme.

If this leakage can be seen where it discharges, then the trouble can be rectified.

From the tincture prepared with rectified spirit, and by either maceration or displacement.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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