Rectification vs. Rectify — What's the Difference?

To set right; correct

Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.A second season of ten episodes, premiered on June 19, 2014.

To correct by calculation or adjustment

To set right; correct

(Chemistry) To refine or purify, especially by distillation.

To correct by calculation or adjustment

(Electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

(Chemistry) To refine or purify, especially by distillation.

To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.

(Electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

The action or process of rectifying.

To adjust (the proof of alcoholic beverages) by adding water or other liquids.

(geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.

To heal (an organ or part of the body).

(geometry) The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3. Category:en:Higher-dimensional geometry

(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.

(astronomy) The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.

(transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).

Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.

To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.

Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.

(transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).

(astrology) A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.

To correct (someone who is mistaken).

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.

The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.

To convert (alternating current) into direct current.

(chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation

To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.

The conversion of alternating current to direct current

(transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right

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.

Determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve

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.

To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Math: determine the length of;

Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities;

Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one;

Set straight or right;

Make right or correct;

Convert into direct current;