- to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- to put right by adjustment or calculation, as an instrument or a course at sea.
- to purify (especially a spirit or liquor) by repeated distillation.
- to change (an alternating current) into a direct current.
- to determine the length of (a curve).
- to adjust (a globe) for the solution of any proposed problem.
- to put right; correct; remedy
- to separate (a substance) from a mixture or refine (a substance) by fractional distillation
- to convert (alternating current) into direct current
- to determine the length of (a curve)
- to cause (an object) to assume a linear motion or characteristic
