Rectification

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Rectification has the following technical meanings:

Mathematics

Science

Technology

  • Image rectification, adjustment of images to simplify stereo vision or to map images to a map coordinate system (GIS)
  • Rectifier, an electrical device that converts alternating electrical current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC)
  • Rectified airspeed, a means of displaying the airspeed of high-speed aircraft

Other uses

  • Rectification (law), an equitable legal remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it should have said in the first place
  • Rectification, in astrology, "rectification of the birth time" is a practice used when natal birth time is imprecise
  • Rectification Movement (also called the Yan'an Rectification Movement or Zheng Feng), the first ideological mass movement initiated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), going from 1942 to 1944.
  • Rectification of names, a practice in Chinese philosophy, see Confucianism(zhèngmíng)

See also

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