† rectificatoryn.

Forms: 1500s rectificatorie.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectificatorium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectificatorium (1533) < rectificat- , past participial stem of rectificare rectify v. + classical Latin -ōrium -ory suffix¹. Compare later rectificatory adj.The description given by Sebastian Münster in his Horologiographia (1533) 98 is: ‘Voco autem rectificatorium, instrumentum triangulare orthogonium, formam habens scaleni, cuius latus breuius basis, medium cathetus, longius vero hypotenusa dicitur’, ‘I call a rectificatory an instrument in the form of a scalene right-angled triangle, the shorter side of which is called the base, the middle one the perpendicular and the longer one the hypotenuse’. A figure of the instrument is given on p. 100 of the same work.

Obsolete. rare.

A mathematical instrument used in the construction of dials, having the form of a scalene, right-angled triangle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun]

mathematical instrument1588

rectificatory1593

pantometer1597

sector1598

holometer1696

multiplier1875

horn-centre1879

1593 T. Fale Horologiographia To Rdr. sig. A3 Some teach the making of Dials by the helpe of the Globe... Munster vseth a Rectificatorie with a circle, which is vnfit for small plats, and faileth in greater, without great heed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

rectificatoryadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛktᵻfᵻkeɪt(ə)ri/,

/ˈrɛktfᵻkət(ə)ri/,

/ˌrɛktᵻfᵻˈkeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈrɛktɪfəkəˌtɔri/,

/ˌrɛktəˈfɪkəˌtɔri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rectificat- , rectificare , -ory suffix².

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectificat-, past participial stem of rectificare rectify v. + -ory suffix². Compare earlier rectificatory n., and also earlier rectifying adj. and slightly later rectificative adj.

= rectifying adj.In early use chiefly in French context; cf. rectificative adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective]

remediousa1450

amendablea1500

amending1551

reparative1582

corrigible1602

corrective1603

remediate1608

remedial1612

amendful1639

reparatory1648

curative1658

relevant1676

correcting1692

correctory1758

redeeming1827

rectificatory1851

rectificative1863

1851 in F. B. Goodrich Tricolored Sketches in Paris (1855) xvii. 57 We publish this intelligence with every reserve, and we shall be happy to receive any rectificatory details which may be forwarded to us upon this dreadful occurrence.

1864 Times 17 May 10/3 There is extreme difficulty in discovering how the rectificatory and supplemental estimates are provided for.

1886 Manch. Examiner 8 Feb. 5/2 The rectificatory note which Sir H. A. has sent to the papers.

1959 M. C. D'Arcy Meaning & Matter of Hist. iv. 131 It is clear that there is a rectificatory influence, which makes what is crooked smooth and levels down the obstacles set up.

1963 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 24 Feb. 7/2 The principles of rectificatory justice..require that a penalty be levied on the offender that will compensate for the injury he has done.

2004 Publishers Weekly Rev. (Nexis) 14 June 57 The study of art history has been..divided, preventing ‘the study of art as a worldwide phenomenon’... More than 300 full-color maps comprise this unorthodox..rectificatory survey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rectificatory
释义	† rectificatoryn. Forms: 1500s rectificatorie. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rectificatorium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectificatorium (1533) < rectificat- , past participial stem of rectificare rectify v. + classical Latin -ōrium -ory suffix¹. Compare later rectificatory adj.The description given by Sebastian Münster in his Horologiographia (1533) 98 is: ‘Voco autem rectificatorium, instrumentum triangulare orthogonium, formam habens scaleni, cuius latus breuius basis, medium cathetus, longius vero hypotenusa dicitur’, ‘I call a rectificatory an instrument in the form of a scalene right-angled triangle, the shorter side of which is called the base, the middle one the perpendicular and the longer one the hypotenuse’. A figure of the instrument is given on p. 100 of the same work. Obsolete. rare. A mathematical instrument used in the construction of dials, having the form of a scalene, right-angled triangle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] mathematical instrument1588 rectificatory1593 pantometer1597 sector1598 holometer1696 multiplier1875 horn-centre1879 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia To Rdr. sig. A3 Some teach the making of Dials by the helpe of the Globe... Munster vseth a Rectificatorie with a circle, which is vnfit for small plats, and faileth in greater, without great heed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). rectificatoryadj. Brit. /ˈrɛktᵻfᵻkeɪt(ə)ri/, /ˈrɛktfᵻkət(ə)ri/, /ˌrɛktᵻfᵻˈkeɪt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈrɛktɪfəkəˌtɔri/, /ˌrɛktəˈfɪkəˌtɔri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin rectificat- , rectificare , -ory suffix². Etymology: < post-classical Latin rectificat-, past participial stem of rectificare rectify v. + -ory suffix². Compare earlier rectificatory n., and also earlier rectifying adj. and slightly later rectificative adj. = rectifying adj.In early use chiefly in French context; cf. rectificative adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] remediousa1450 amendablea1500 amending1551 reparative1582 corrigible1602 corrective1603 remediate1608 remedial1612 amendful1639 reparatory1648 curative1658 relevant1676 correcting1692 correctory1758 redeeming1827 rectificatory1851 rectificative1863 1851 in F. B. Goodrich Tricolored Sketches in Paris (1855) xvii. 57 We publish this intelligence with every reserve, and we shall be happy to receive any rectificatory details which may be forwarded to us upon this dreadful occurrence. 1864 Times 17 May 10/3 There is extreme difficulty in discovering how the rectificatory and supplemental estimates are provided for. 1886 Manch. Examiner 8 Feb. 5/2 The rectificatory note which Sir H. A. has sent to the papers. 1959 M. C. D'Arcy Meaning & Matter of Hist. iv. 131 It is clear that there is a rectificatory influence, which makes what is crooked smooth and levels down the obstacles set up. 1963 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 24 Feb. 7/2 The principles of rectificatory justice..require that a penalty be levied on the offender that will compensate for the injury he has done. 2004 Publishers Weekly Rev. (Nexis) 14 June 57 The study of art history has been..divided, preventing ‘the study of art as a worldwide phenomenon’... More than 300 full-color maps comprise this unorthodox..rectificatory survey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593adj.1851
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