rectified
Americanadjective
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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.
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made square or straight.
This ceramic tile is a quality rectified tile, mechanically finished on all sides to achieve uniformity.
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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.
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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
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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
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Rectified spirits may be used for mounting softened bone and tooth, and naphtha and creosote are useful for preserving urinary casts.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various
"Rectified lard; and so well, let me tell you, that no one could compete with him."
From Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Bedsores are not likely to occur if the skin is sponged daily with water and this mild soap, and rubbed with Rectified Spirit of Wine, to which a small piece of camphor has been added.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
"The History of the Test Act: in which the Mistakes in some Writings against it are Rectified, and the Importance of it to the Church explained."
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 by Swift, Jonathan
Cold water 0.20 " Alcohol 0.800 4.25 " Rectified spirit 0.838 3.20 " Ether 0.717 1.00 " Chloroform 1.49 0.20 " Benzene 0.40 " Petroleum ether insoluble.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
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