rectified

American  

[rek-tuh-fahyd] / ˈrɛk təˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. 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.

2. made square or straight.

   This ceramic tile is a quality rectified tile, mechanically finished on all sides to achieve uniformity.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of rectify.

Other Word Forms

• nonrectified adjective
• unrectified adjective

Etymology

Origin of rectified

First recorded in 1550–60; 1865–70 rectified for def. 3; 1570–80 rectified for def. 4; rectify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; rectify ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Related Words

• corrected
• fixed
• fixed-up
• refurbished
• remodeled
• renovated