Rectification
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Rectification has the following technical meanings:
  • Rectification, in astrology
  • Rectification (chemistry)
    Rectification (chemistry)
    Rectification :* For the process of repeated distillation see Rectified spirit* For the process in cell membranes see GHK_flux_equation#Rectification...

    , a concept found in biology and industrial chemistry
  • Chinese history: see Cheng Feng
  • Chinese philosophy: see Confucianism
    Confucianism
    Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius . Confucianism originated as an "ethical-sociopolitical teaching" during the Spring and Autumn Period, but later developed metaphysical and cosmological elements in the Han...

     for rectification of names (zhèngmíng‎)
  • Rectification (geometry)
    Rectification (geometry)
    In Euclidean geometry, rectification is the process of truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points...

     – truncating a polytope by marking the midpoints of all its edges, and cutting off its vertices at those points
  • Rectifier (electricity)
    Rectifier
    A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current , which periodically reverses direction, to direct current , which flows in only one direction. The process is known as rectification...

     – converter of AC to DC
  • Image rectification
    Image rectification
    Image rectification is a transformation process used to project two-or-more images onto a common image plane. It corrects image distortion by transforming the image into a standard coordinate system....

     – adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system (GIS)
  • Rectification (law)
    Rectification (law)
    Rectification is a remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it ought to have said in the first place. It is an equitable remedy, which means the circumstances where it can be applied are limited....

  • Rectifiable curve, in mathematics
  • Rectifiable set
    Rectifiable set
    In mathematics, a rectifiable set is a set that is smooth in a certain measure-theoretic sense. It is an extension of the idea of a rectifiable curve to higher dimensions; loosely speaking, a rectifiable set is a rigorous formulation of a piece-wise smooth set...

    , in mathematics
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