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rectified

[ rek-tuh-fahyd ]
/ ˈrɛk təˌfaɪd /
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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.
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Origin of rectified

rectify + -ed2 for the adjective senses; rectify + -ed1 for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM rectified

non·rec·ti·fied, adjectiveun·rec·ti·fied, adjective
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