rectification
noun
Definitions
The action or process of rectifying.
Example: the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.