rectification
The action or process of rectifying.
The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve.
The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3.
The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation.
Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement.
A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life.
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Rhymes
Words that share the same ending sound pattern
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing