to rectify
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8.3
- verb
- /ˈrɛktɪˌfaɪ/
- Archaic
:
mensurar
- As shown in figure 4, the processing time (T U) was held constant at one day in the first set of calculations, and the time (T C, R) to rectify an error was one, three, and seven days.
Examples
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Later, the object was brought forward again, and students compared it with their drawings and rectified large discrepancies.
Academic text (1997) -
The georeferenced and rectified images were subsetted for the study area.
Academic text (2007) -
Peter Medawar, the Nobel Laureate immunologist, described this proving-it's-wrong step as "the critical or rectifying episode in scientific reasoning." ...
Blog text (10) -
Plotted at right is a rectified face-on map of the area in question, in which positions of young open clusters, dust clouds, OB associations, and H II regions are identified.
Academic text (1993) -
Using advanced techniques, the engineers were able to rectify the curve of the road to ensure a smoother drive.
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In order to produce an accurate model, the researchers need to rectify the data collected from the sensors.
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The architect will rectify the measurements of the curved wall before proceeding with the construction.
Synonyms
To measure the size of a person or thing
Surface Forms
Morphology
rectify = rect + ify
The mathematical sense 'determine the length of a curve' is a technical/archaic usage not transparently inferred from the combining form and suffix by an average learner.
Etymology
Rectify comes from the Latin root rect- meaning 'straight', so in math it has the idea of 'making straight' to measure. That is why to rectify a curve means to find its length by treating or converting it into a straight measure.