Carpentry. having a height or length less than that of most of the others in a structure: jack rafter; jack truss.
Full Definition of RECONCILIATION. 1. : the action of reconciling: the state of being reconciled. 2. : the Roman Catholic sacrament of penance. â recÂ·onÂ·cilÂ·iaÂ·toÂ·ry \-Ësil-yÉ-ËtoÌr-Ä, -Ësi-lÄ-É-\ adjective. See reconciliation defined for English-language learners.ADVERTISEMENT. the act of causing two people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or disagreement. : the process of finding a way to make two different ideas, facts, etc., exist or be true at the same time.
6.1 Rectifier. A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), a process known as rectification. Rectifiers have many uses including as components of power supplies and as amplitude modulation detectors (envelope detectors) of radio signals.ectification is the conversion of alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). A half-wave rectifier is a circuit that allows only one half-cycle of the AC voltage waveform to be applied to the load, resulting in one non-alternating polarity across it.