rectify

 
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛktɪfʌɪ/

verb (rectifies, rectifying, rectified)

[with object]
  • 1put right; correct: mistakes made now cannot be rectified later efforts to rectify the situation
  • 2convert (alternating current) to direct current: the current from the transformers is rectified by high-voltage diodes (as adjective rectified) rectified AC power systems
  • 3find a straight line equal in length to (a curve): his methods of rectifying the cycloid

Derivatives

rectifiable

adjective

rectification

Pronunciation: /-fɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French rectifier, from medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus 'right'