| 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. <astronomy> Rectification of a globe, its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem. Origin: Cf. F. Rectification. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| inward | 1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; opposed to outward. 2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." 3. Intimate; domestic; private. "All my inward friends abhorred me." (Job xix. 19) "He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life." (Sir P. Sidney) Origin: AS. Inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. Innan, inne, within (fr. In in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |