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2. Adjective. (context: cartography) Orthographic. ¹

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Definition of Orthographical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Orthographical

1. 1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also, correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter was orthographic. 2. Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or Orthogonal, projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, the plane of projection passing through the center of the sphere perpendicularly to the line of sight. Origin: Cf. F. Orthographique, L. Orthographus, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Orthographical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"The duplication of a consonant, as in better, torrent, is an orthographical expedient to indicate the Short or Dependent sound of the preceding vowel. ..."

2. A Grammar of the Malayan Language by William Marsden (1812)
"Of Orthographical MARKS. The orthographical marks which now remain to be explained are those called ..."

3. The Hand Book of Standard Or American Phonography by Andrew Jackson Graham (1902)
"Orthographical PARSING. § 14. Orthographical Parsing is of two kinds— 1. Determining, by reference to the conditions or principles of Phonographic ..."

4. Orthometry: A Treatise on the Art of Versification and the Technicalities of by Robert Frederick Brewer (1893)
"... shall himself, In thunder, lightning', and loud trumpets' sound, Ordain them laws. Milton. 2.—Orthographical LICENCES. These are deviations from ..."

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