orthographic
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- orthographick (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
ortho- + -graph + -ic. Compare French orthographique, Latin orthographus, Ancient Greek ὀρθογράφος (orthográphos).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
orthographic (not comparable)
- Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
- Of, or relating to, orthography.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 10:
- This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.
SynonymsEdit
- (maps): orthographical
TranslationsEdit
projection of maps
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relating to orthography
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