Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Rectification

Rectification (r?k`t?*f?*k?1sh?n) , noun

[Compare French rectification.]

1.
The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
After the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. — De Quincey
2.
(Geometry) The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Collocations (1)
Rectification of a globe (Astronomy) , its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.