What's the difference between rectify and verify?

Rectify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
  • (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
  • (v. t.) To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A sample of 154 randomly selected, full-wave rectified and filtered electromyographic recordings was evaluated using a test-retest paradigm.
  • (2) At low concentrations, the current-voltage relations are inwardly rectifying, but they become more ohmic if a small amount of divalent cations is added externally.
  • (3) A voltage-sensitive K+ channel with characteristics of the delayed rectifier was studied in NG108-15 cells using the cell-attached patch-clamp technique.
  • (4) -57 mV) induced a large voltage-dependent inward current which has been identified as the K current through the anomalous rectifier (Ianomal.).
  • (5) Single atrial myocytes were enzymatically isolated from the bull-frog as previously described (Hume & Giles, 1981), and patch-clamp techniques were used in an attempt to identify and separate two inwardly rectifying K+ channels in this tissue.
  • (6) Neither a steady-state component (Is-s) nor a slowly activated component (Irise) of inward rectifier currents were observed in fibres of P0 and P4 mice.
  • (7) Opioid activation of the inward rectifying conductance resulted in small outward potassium currents at resting membrane potentials and increased inward currents at hyperpolarized potentials.
  • (8) The dependence of the current activation and inactivation on the membrane potential was consistent with that of a delayed K+ rectifier.
  • (9) If such errors are to be rectified systematically to provide a sustainable improvement in field placement accuracy over a course of treatment, the origins of the errors require unambiguous identification.
  • (10) Therapy depends upon determining the precise etiology for the fall and rectifying contributing factors.
  • (11) A channel exhibiting fast, voltage-dependent transitions between different conductance states may behave as an intrinsic rectifier.
  • (12) These results showed that some of the organic compounds released by cells during regulatory volume decrease could diffuse through this outwardly rectifying anionic channel.
  • (13) Treatment with recombinant human TNF-alpha (rhTNF) for 24 to 72 hr produces (i) process retraction in some but not all OLGs, (ii) a reduction in the resting membrane potential with no significant change in membrane capacitance or input resistance over control cells and (iii) a decrease in the expression of both the inwardly rectifying and outward K+ current.
  • (14) "And charging citizens to hold power to account is not the way to rectify an existing imbalance or promote a more meaningful democracy."
  • (15) Edi was recorded by an esophageal electrode, rectified, and then integrated, and peak values during inspiration were measured.
  • (16) Nothing I can say will rectify that,” said Reid, who worked for the Metropolitan police service’s specialist search unit for 26 years, before retiring in 2011.
  • (17) To rectify the situation, we adapted the anchored polymerase chain reaction to clone and analyze rapidly the expressed V genes for three anti-virus IgG antibodies.
  • (18) Retailers work very quickly to rectify these mistakes whenever they are found."
  • (19) The inward rectifier in lens has the necessary properties to be involved in setting resting voltage.
  • (20) The effects of intracellular pH on an inwardly rectifying K+ channel ("Kin channel") in opossum kidney (OK) cells were examined using the patch-clamp technique.

Verify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
  • (v. t.) To prove to be true or correct; to establish the truth of; to confirm; to substantiate.
  • (v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To maintain; to affirm; to support.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We report on a patient, with a CT-verified low density lesion in the right parietal area, who exhibited not only deficits in left conceptual space, but also in reading, writing, and the production of speech.
  • (2) Measurement of adenosine in coronary effluent and in ventricular tissue by radioimmunoassay verified that no residual elevated adenosine remained following perfusion and washout.
  • (3) Thorough clinical investigation of the patient revealed sarcoid involvement of the skin, lungs, liver and lymph nodes and an extensive retroperitoneal surgically-verified lymph tumour.
  • (4) A retrospective study of autopsy-verified fatal pulmonary embolism at a department of infectious diseases was carried out, covering a four-year period (1980-83).
  • (5) In a retrospective study 94 consecutive patients with verified empyema caused by pneumonia were admitted to the department of either pulmonary medicine or thoracic surgery.
  • (6) July 7, 2016 Verified account A blue tick that tells you the user is either an A-list celebrity, a respected authority on an important subject or a BuzzFeed employee.
  • (7) In the other case, verified as bilateral multiple adrenocortical adenomas, the autonomus function of both adrenals was proved by dexamethasone suppression scanning.
  • (8) The National Basketball Players Association has asked the NBA to ban Sterling from attending playoff games and to impose the league's maximum penalties if the comments are verified to be his.
  • (9) The presence of pseudoaneurysm among the patients with abnormal scans was verified at operation in 23 of 25 patients.
  • (10) A clinical and electroencephalographic study of 107 neurologically normal children with partial seizures was undertaken to verify the existence and determine the frequency of epileptic syndromes reported in selected populations.
  • (11) It paves the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons.” Under the deal, Iran committed to reducing the number of its centrifuges by two-thirds, capping its level of uranium enrichment well below the level needed for bomb-grade material, reducing its enriched uranium stockpile from around 10,000kg to 300kg for 15 years, and submitting to international inspections to verify its compliance.
  • (12) All four requirements were experimentally verified in calf trachea.
  • (13) A phase II trial aiming to verify the effectiveness of a regimen including carboplatin and vindesine was performed.
  • (14) Independent experts warn that rumours and deliberate misinformation about the regime are rife, partly because it is impossible to verify or disprove most stories about the tightly controlled country's elite.
  • (15) In order to verify whether or not all the POMC neurons are equally affected by sex steroids, we arbitrarily divided the arcuate nucleus rostro-caudally into four equal portions and used an in situ hybridization technique to evaluate POMC gene expression in these different regions of the arcuate nucleus in the female rat.
  • (16) The actual existence of the specific mitochondrial glyoxalase II was verified by showing that all of the activity of the crude mitochondrial pellet was still present in purified mitochondria prepared in a Ficoll gradient.
  • (17) The benefits of holistically identifying clients' ability to mobilize coping resources is that nurses can plan intervention more effectively if these categorizations can be consistently verified.
  • (18) One hundred and forty-four had non-allergic and 69 allergic asthma verified retrospectively by positive skin prick test in 1988.
  • (19) In the majority of the children, the diagnosis was verified by the results of a histological study of liver biopsy specimens.
  • (20) The pirlimycin reaction product was verified as being pirlimycin-3-(5'-adenylate) by NMR spectroscopy and MS. As a result of purification, this lincosaminide nucleotidylating and inactivating enzyme was separated from the macrolide phosphorylating enzyme also present in the cell-free extract.