Found 3 items, similar to Corrective.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: corrective memperbaiki
English → English (WordNet) Definition: corrective corrective adj 1: designed to promote discipline; “the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional”; “disciplinal measures”; “the mother was stern and disciplinary” [syn: disciplinary, disciplinal] 2: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; “corrective measures”; “corrective lenses” n : a device for treating injury or disease [syn: restorative]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Corrective Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [1913 Webster] Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Qualifying; limiting. “The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.” --Holdsworth. [1913 Webster] Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]