rectifiableadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛktᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛktəˌfaɪəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rectify v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < rectify v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin rectificabilis able to be set right (14th cent. in British sources), French rectifiable (1708).

1. Of a problem, error, etc.: that may be rectified or corrected.

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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be

remediable?a1425

corrigible1483

amendablea1500

recoverable1585

curable1592

sanable1623

rectifiable1629

1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence ii. 338 The events which the Politician seeks to rectifie or determine of, and therefore not certainly rectifiable or determinable; save onely by him whose wisdome is actually infinite.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 201 The errors of one concoction not [being] rectifiable by another.

1735 B. N. Defoe New Eng. Dict. Rectifiable, that may be put right, or reduced to its proper State.

1858 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 21 279 This is..only a rectifiable condition common to the doctrine of limits as applicable to fiscal science.

1898 Times 22 June 3/5 It was true that the motive of collective gain might be dangerous, but it was less so than the personal motive, and more easily rectifiable.

1923 Olean (N.Y.) Times 10 Nov. 10/4 Second speed was inclined to jump out at high crankshaft speed, but this should be rectifiable by a stronger spring.

1979 W. F. R. Stewart Sexual Aspects Social Work (BNC) 89 The condition behind the deviation is often rectifiable by counselling or psychotherapy.

1992 Sunday Tel. (Brisbane) 17 May 85/3 About 20 per cent will have rectifiable problems and another 20 per cent will develop serious and persistent problems.

2. Mathematics. Of a curve: having a finite length that can be determined mathematically; (notionally) able to be converted into or represented by a straight line. Cf. rectification n. 3, rectify v. 5c.

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > having certain property

mechanical1694

intercepted1702

rectifiable1706

transcendental1706

tortuous1867

monocyclic1869

bicursal1873

irreconcilable1881

closed1882

anautotomic1901

fractal1975

1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2255 It hence follows, that any assignable part of the Curve is Rectifiable, or equal to any assignable straight Line.

1743 E. Stone New Math. Dict. (ed. 2) at Logarithmic Curve Any Part N M of the Curve is rectifiable by means of the Subtangent.

1816 tr. S. F. Lacroix Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus 120 The curve DF is rectifiable; that is to say we can assign a right line which is equal to it in length.

1851 R. Walker Text Bk. Mech. Philos. i. 149 The curve is one of the few curves which are rectifiable, or whose precise length can be determined.

1903 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 4 107 Jordan has shown that the area of a rectifiable curve is always null.

1991 C. B. Boyer & U. C. Merzbach Hist. Math. (ed. 2) xvii. 342 In 1638, the year after the publication of La géométrie , Descartes ran across a ‘mechanical’ curve that turned out to be rectifiable.

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

单词	rectifiable
释义	rectifiableadj. Brit. /ˈrɛktᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛktəˌfaɪəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rectify v., -able suffix. Etymology: < rectify v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin rectificabilis able to be set right (14th cent. in British sources), French rectifiable (1708). 1. Of a problem, error, etc.: that may be rectified or corrected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be remediable?a1425 corrigible1483 amendablea1500 recoverable1585 curable1592 sanable1623 rectifiable1629 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence ii. 338 The events which the Politician seeks to rectifie or determine of, and therefore not certainly rectifiable or determinable; save onely by him whose wisdome is actually infinite. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 201 The errors of one concoction not [being] rectifiable by another. View more context for this quotation 1735 B. N. Defoe New Eng. Dict. Rectifiable, that may be put right, or reduced to its proper State. 1858 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 21 279 This is..only a rectifiable condition common to the doctrine of limits as applicable to fiscal science. 1898 Times 22 June 3/5 It was true that the motive of collective gain might be dangerous, but it was less so than the personal motive, and more easily rectifiable. 1923 Olean (N.Y.) Times 10 Nov. 10/4 Second speed was inclined to jump out at high crankshaft speed, but this should be rectifiable by a stronger spring. 1979 W. F. R. Stewart Sexual Aspects Social Work (BNC) 89 The condition behind the deviation is often rectifiable by counselling or psychotherapy. 1992 Sunday Tel. (Brisbane) 17 May 85/3 About 20 per cent will have rectifiable problems and another 20 per cent will develop serious and persistent problems. 2. Mathematics. Of a curve: having a finite length that can be determined mathematically; (notionally) able to be converted into or represented by a straight line. Cf. rectification n. 3, rectify v. 5c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > having certain property mechanical1694 intercepted1702 rectifiable1706 transcendental1706 tortuous1867 monocyclic1869 bicursal1873 irreconcilable1881 closed1882 anautotomic1901 fractal1975 1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2255 It hence follows, that any assignable part of the Curve is Rectifiable, or equal to any assignable straight Line. 1743 E. Stone New Math. Dict. (ed. 2) at Logarithmic Curve Any Part N M of the Curve is rectifiable by means of the Subtangent. 1816 tr. S. F. Lacroix Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus 120 The curve DF is rectifiable; that is to say we can assign a right line which is equal to it in length. 1851 R. Walker Text Bk. Mech. Philos. i. 149 The curve is one of the few curves which are rectifiable, or whose precise length can be determined. 1903 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 4 107 Jordan has shown that the area of a rectifiable curve is always null. 1991 C. B. Boyer & U. C. Merzbach Hist. Math. (ed. 2) xvii. 342 In 1638, the year after the publication of La géométrie , Descartes ran across a ‘mechanical’ curve that turned out to be rectifiable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1629
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