rectify
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rectify"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something right when it was previously incorrect, improper, or defective
Transitive: to rectify an error or defect
to rectify definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After several failed attempts, engineers worked to rectify the design flaws in the prototype.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧀āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻŸā§‹āϟāĻžāχāĻĒ⧇āϰ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to correct or fix a problem or mistake
Transitive: to rectify a problem or mistake
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He took steps to rectify the misunderstanding with his neighbor by clarifying his intentions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove impurities and improve the quality of a substance through distillation
Transitive: to rectify a substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chemist rectified the crude oil to separate the various hydrocarbon fractions for use in different industries.
āϰāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻžāχāĻĄā§āϰ⧋āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻž āϤ⧇āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change electrical current from flowing in both directions to flowing in one direction only
Transitive: to rectify an electrical current
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Solar panels use diodes to rectify the current generated by sunlight.
āϏ⧌āϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ• āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĄ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāϞ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to construct or determine a straight line that has the same length as a given curve
Transitive: to rectify a line
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a piece of string, she rectified the circular path on the map by laying it out straight and measuring its length.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āϟ⧁āĻ•āϰ⧋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϰ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

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