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Rectification has the following technical meanings:
Mathematics
- Rectification (geometry), truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points
- Rectifiable curve, in mathematics
- Rectifiable set, in mathematics
Science
- Rectified spirit, in chemistry, a process of repeated distillation
- GHK flux equation#Rectification, in biology, a process in cell membranes
Technology
- Image rectification, adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system (GIS)
- Rectifier, an electrical device that converts alternating electrical current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC)
- Rectified airspeed, a means of displaying the airspeed of high-speed aircraft
Other uses
- Rectification (law), an equitable legal remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it should have said in the first place
- Rectification, in astrology, "rectification of the birth time" is a practice used when natal birth time is imprecise
- Rectification Movement (also called the Yan'an Rectification Movement or Zheng Feng), the first ideological mass movement initiated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), going from 1942 to 1944.
- Rectification of names, a practice in Chinese philosophy, see Confucianism(zhèngmíng)
See also
- Rectifier (disambiguation)
- Rectify, American television series
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