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

Example Sentences

While that issue has now been rectified, Airbus was forced to deliver fewer aircraft than it had initially aimed for last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scruffy schoolboy-look was rectified by an anonymous figure inadvertently stealing the situation's authority.

From BBC

It added the inspection "identified a small number of minor issues typical of a busy professional kitchen situated in the countryside of rural Wales" which had been "rectified immediately and in full".

From BBC

HES said an independent review of its structure, efficiency and culture will be set up in the new year in order to ensure failings were rectified.

From BBC

The fault has now been rectified and all newly produced panels are safe, a spokesman said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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