Word: rectification
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: rec
ti
fi
ca
tion
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: rectify
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: rēctus
Language: la
Decoded: rectus
Meaning: straight
Affix: -ification
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: The process of becoming.