单词 | rectifying |
释义 | rectifyingn. The action of rectify v. (in various senses); rectification; an instance of this. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 104v (MED) Alle manerez of curyng as war rynneþ togider or meteþ in 2 manerez of rectifying. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 155 If þou wolt rectifie cicatricis..aboute þe rectifiynges of hem þat ben newe þei moun be rectified by processe of tyme wiþ help. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. vii. vi. f. 39/2 The stretching out, or rectifying of the same [finger]. 1634 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 292 There it behoveth the magistrate to set in..for the rectifying and redressing thereof. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) i. 21 Matter, after it has pass'd through the highest Refinings and Rectifyings possible. a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 96 It is not the rectifying of one Faculty which can make the whole streight. 1793 Times 20 Apr. 2/3 Instead of amusing yourselves in the rectifying of political errors, labour for the Constitution and the happiness of the People. 1815 S. Parkes Chem. Ess. II. 416 It [sc. the concentrated sulphuric acid] is preserved..till it is convenient to remove it to the rectifying house. 1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. iii. 63 This distillation is the rectifying of the spirit, by which a certain portion of essential oil is removed from it. 1861 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 28 386 The turns of the bandage should be in the same direction as the rectifying of the foot with the hands. 1928 Geogr. Jrnl. 72 383 When we come to what should be the most interesting chapter on map-plotting, contouring, and rectifying, we find it composed of chunks taken mostly from German propagandist pamphlets. 1940 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. xii. 506 The rectifying of a defect in plaster or a mural painting by digging out the defective spot and filling it in with a plastic gesso. 1960 Nature 5 Nov. 495/1 (heading) Rectifying properties of heart muscle. 2006 Chem. Engin. Jrnl. 122 15 (title) Reactive rectifying for producing dimethyl carbonate. Compounds rectifying column n. Chemistry a columnar apparatus in which a substance being distilled is subjected to successive stages of purification by repeatedly condensing and redistilling the vapour; cf. rectify v. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > types of rose-garland1527 sun still1688 pot still1799 turpentine still1799 still-pota1824 rectifying column1836 patent still1887 stripper1930 pipestill1931 solar still1946 1836 Trans. Agric. & Hort. Soc. India 2 224 Two apertures, with brass flanches, on which to place two rectifying columns. 1891 S. P. Sadtler Handbk. Industr. Org. Chem. vi. 216 An improved Savalle rectifying column as used generally in French and Belgian distilleries. 1923 W. H. Walker et al. Princ. Chem. Engin. xvii. 557 An apparatus in which this direct interchange of heat and consequent condensation and evaporation can take place is called a rectifying column. 2007 Energy Conversion & Managem. 48 336/2 The first rectifying column is heated by live steam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rectifyingadj. That rectifies or corrects; esp. (in later use) that converts alternating current to direct current. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > rectifier > [adjective] rectifying1892 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > map-making or surveying using photography > [adjective] > corrected or correcting for perspective error rectified1920 rectifying1932 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [adjective] > treating aerial photographs rectifying1932 c1625 J. Smith Hist. Bermudaes (1882) 119 I haue adventured to impart it vnto you, and so to leaue it to your owne rectefieing iudgement. 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 11 Earnest Supplications and instant Prayer for heart-purifying and rectifying Grace. 1793 in C. Cibber Careless Husband p. vi Time not in this case, as in most others, will find its rectifying power applied in vain. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iii. in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 64/2 His rectifying finger. 1849 R. Montgomery Christian Life 364 Thus transform the rectifying guide Which God ordain'd to govern good and bad. 1892 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 4) xxiii. 659 A rectifying commutator. 1932 Geogr. Jrnl. 80 463 The Panorama-camera..consists of nine lenses working through prisms, and, in conjunction with a special rectifying printing apparatus, produces the equivalent of a photograph taken with a very wide-angled lens. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) I. 359/2 Modern crystal rectifiers..represent the simplest and most sensitive of all rectifying devices. 2001 Ann. Bot. 88 982/1 An outward rectifying anion channel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.c1625 |
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