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rectified
[ rek-tuh-fahyd ]
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.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of rectify.
Other Words From
- non·rec·ti·fied adjective
- un·rec·ti·fied adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of rectified1
Example Sentences
Not all elements of the 2024 bill will be implemented however, as ministers say they have identified flaws "which would prevent certain provisions from operating as intended and that need to be rectified".
They added any measures fitted under government schemes must be done by a Trustmark-registered installer "to the highest standards with issues promptly and properly rectified".
The first lull was rectified quickly, with the Dodgers turning a tied score in the third inning into a comfortable lead with back-to-back home runs from Teoscar Hernández and Freddie Freeman.
All public access computers in the city’s libraries were taken offline again until the issue could be rectified with the council's IT partner, the Canadian firm CGI.
The company admitted that incorrect information was also displayed on the website page for the store and said this had been rectified.
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