English-Thai Dictionary
rectify
VT ทำให้ ถูกต้อง แก้ ให้ ถูก adjust correct tam-hai-tuk-tong
rectify
VT หาความ ยาว ของ เส้นโค้ง (ทางค ณิตศาสตร์ ha-kwam-yao-kong-sen-kong
rectify
VT เปลี่ยน กระแสสลับ เป็น กระแสตรง (ทาง ไฟฟ้า pian-kra-sea-sa-lab-pan-kra-sea-trong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RECTIFY
v.t.[L. rectus, right, and facio, to make. ] 1. To make right; to correct that which is wrong, erroneous or false; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
2. In chimistry, to refine by repeated distiliation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit or wine.
3. To rectify the globe, is to bring the sun's place in the ecliptic on the globe to the brass meridian.
RECTIFYING
ppr. Correcting; amending; refining by repeated distiliation or sublimation.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECTIFY
Rec "ti *fy (-f ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rectified (-fd ); p. pr. & vb. n.Rectifying (-f `ng ).] Etym: [F. rectifier, LL. rectificare; L. rectus right + -ficare (in comp. ) to make. See Right, and -fy. ]
1. To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders. I meant to rectify my conscience. Shak. This was an error of opinion which a conflicting opinion would have rectified. Burke.
2. (Chem. )
Defn: To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
3. (Com. )
Defn: To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy ) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc. ), flavoring substances, etc. , being added. To rectify a globe, to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
Syn. -- To amend; emend; correct; better; mend; reform; redress; adjust; regulate; improve. See Amend.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rectify
rec ti fy |ˈrektəˌfī ˈrɛktəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( rectifies, rectifying, rectified ) [ with obj. ] 1 put (something ) right; correct: mistakes made now cannot be rectified later | efforts to rectify the situation. • (usu. as adj. rectified ) purify or refine (a substance ), esp. by repeated distillation: add 10 cc of rectified alcohol. 2 convert (alternating current ) to direct current: (as adj. rectified ) : rectified AC power systems. 3 find a straight line equal in length to (a curve ). DERIVATIVES rec ti fi a ble adjective, rec ti fi ca tion |ˌrektəfiˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right. ’
Oxford Dictionary
rectify
rect |ify |ˈrɛktɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( rectifies, rectifying, rectified ) [ with obj. ] 1 put right; correct: mistakes made now cannot be rectified later | efforts to rectify the situation. 2 convert (alternating current ) to direct current. 3 find a straight line equal in length to (a curve ). DERIVATIVES rectifiable adjective, rectification |-fɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus ‘right ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
rectify
rectify verb Perry is willing to do anything to rectify the situation with his estranged grandfather: correct, right, put right, put to rights, sort out, deal with, amend, remedy, repair, fix, make good, resolve, settle; informal patch up.
Oxford Thesaurus
rectify
rectify verb mistakes made now cannot be rectified later: correct, put /set /make right, right, put to rights, sort out, deal with, amend, revise, remedy, repair, fix, cure, heal, make good, reform, harmonize, retrieve, improve, better, ameliorate, adjust, resolve, settle, redress, square; informal patch up.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rectify
rec ti fy /réktɪfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈間違った事 状況など 〉を正す, 訂正する .2 〘化 〙〈アルコールなど 〉を純化 [精留 ]する .3 〘電 〙〈交流電流 〉を直流にする .4 〘数 〙〈曲線 〉の長さを求める .r é c ti f ì er 名詞 C 訂正する人 ; 〘電 〙整流器 .
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