Rectifying – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rectify
v.
fix, repair, correct; calibrate, adjust
Rectifier
A
rectifier is an electrical device that
converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to
direct current (DC), which flows in only one direction. The process is known as
rectification. Physically, rectifiers take a number of forms, including
vacuum tube diodes,
mercury-arc valves, copper and selenium oxide rectifiers,
semiconductor diodes,
silicon-controlled rectifiers and other silicon-based semiconductor switches. Historically, even synchronous electromechanical switches and motors have been used. Early radio receivers, called
crystal radios, used a "
cat's whisker" of fine wire pressing on a crystal of
galena (lead sulfide) to serve as a point-contact rectifier or "crystal detector".
rectify
Verb
1. math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
(hypernym) determine, find, find out, ascertain
(derivation) rectification
2. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
(synonym) refine
(hypernym) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
(derivation) rectification
3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
(synonym) reform, reclaim, regenerate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) moralize, moralise
(verb-group) reform, straighten out, see the light
(derivation) correction, rectification
4. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
(synonym) remediate, remedy, repair, amend
(hypernym) correct, right
(derivation) correction, rectification
5. make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
(synonym) correct, right
(hypernym) change by reversal, turn, reverse
(hyponym) remediate, remedy, repair, amend
(derivation) correction, rectification
6. convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
(hypernym) change, exchange, commute, convert
(derivation) rectification
rectify
v.
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