rectification.

1. The conversion of alternating electrical current into current flowing in one direction.

2. The act of correcting an error, defect, or inaccurate condition.

3. Purification or separation through repeated or fractionating distillation.

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Words that belong together

• full-wave rectification
• a rectification circuit

On the page

The rectification circuit operated even after the smoothing stage failed.

The engineer separated the fault in rectification from the later voltage regulation.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.