English Dictionary: orthotropous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. F. direct. See {Dress}, and cf. {Dirge}.] 1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. What is direct to, what slides by, the question. --Locke. 2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. Be even and direct with me. --Shak. 3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words. --Locke. A direct and avowed interference with elections. --Hallam. 4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. 5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. {Direct action}. (Mach.) See {Direct-acting}. {Direct discourse} (Gram.), the language of any one quoted without change in its form; as, he said [bd]I can not come;[b8] -- correlative to {indirect discourse}, in which there is change of form; as, he said that he could not come. They are often called respectively by their Latin names, {oratio directa}, and {oratio obliqua}. {Direct evidence} (Law), evidence which is positive or not inferential; -- opposed to {circumstantial, [or] indirect, evidence}. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its credibility. --Wharton. {Direct examination} (Law), the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott. {Direct fire} (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at. {Direct process} (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight. {Direct tax}, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise. | |
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Orthid \Or"thid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family {Orthid[91]}. | |
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Orthite \Or"thite\, n. [Gr. [?] straight.] (Min.) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals. | |
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Orthodiagonal \Or`tho*di*ag"o*nal\, n. [Ortho- + diagonal.] (Crystallog.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis. | |
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Orthodome \Or"tho*dome\, n. [Ortho- + dome.] (Crystallog.) See the Note under {Dome}, 4. | |
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Orthodox \Or"tho*dox\, a. [L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqo`doxos; 'orqo`s right, true + do`xa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf. F. orthodoxe. See {Ortho-}, {Dogma}.] 1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to {heretical} and {heterodox}; as, an orthodox Christian. 2. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc. 3. Approved; conventional. He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. --H. R. Haweis. Note: The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the [bd]Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,[b8] regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox. The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the [bd]liberal[b8], or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. | |
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Orthodoxal \Or"tho*dox`al\, a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Orthodoxality \Or`tho*dox*al"i*ty\, n. Orthodoxness. [R.] | |
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Orthodoxally \Or"tho*dox`al*ly\, adv. Orthodoxly. [R.] --Milton | |
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Orthodoxastical \Or`tho*dox*as"tic*al\, a. Orthodox. [Obs.] | |
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Orthodoxical \Or`tho*dox"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox. | |
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Orthodoxly \Or"tho*dox`ly\, adv. In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Orthodoxness \Or"tho*dox`ness\, n. The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy. --Waterland. | |
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Orthodoxy \Or"tho*dox`y\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. orthodoxie. See {Orthodox}.] 1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to {heterodoxy} or to {heresy}. Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. --Waterland. 2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; -- said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy of a creed. 3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief. | |
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Orthodromic \Or`tho*drom"ic\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to run.] Of or pertaining to orthodromy. | |
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Orthodromics \Or`tho*drom"ics\, n. The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy. | |
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Orthodromy \Or"tho*drom`y\, n. [Cf. F. orthodromie.] The act or art of sailing on a great circle. | |
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Toluic \To*lu"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, {CH3.C6H4.CO2H}, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively {orthotoluic} acid, {metatoluic} acid, and {paratoluic} acid. | |
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Orthotomic \Or`tho*tom"ic\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to cleave.] (Geom.) Cutting at right angles. {Orthotomic circle} (Geom.), that circle which cuts three given circles at right angles. | |
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Orthotomic \Or`tho*tom"ic\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to cleave.] (Geom.) Cutting at right angles. {Orthotomic circle} (Geom.), that circle which cuts three given circles at right angles. | |
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Orthotomous \Or*thot"o*mous\, a. (Crystallog.) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another. | |
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Orthotomy \Or*thot"o*my\, n. (Geom.) The property of cutting at right angles. | |
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Orthotone \Or"tho*tone\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] tone, accent.] (Gr. Gram.) Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic. | |
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Orthotropal \Or*thot"ro*pal\, Orthotropous \Or*thot"ro*pous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.] (Bot.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous. Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum. | |
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Orthotropic \Or`tho*trop"ic\, a. [See {Orthotropal}.] (Bot.) Having the longer axis vertical; -- said of erect stems. --Encyc. Brit. | |
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Orthotropal \Or*thot"ro*pal\, Orthotropous \Or*thot"ro*pous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to turn: cf. F. orthotrope.] (Bot.) Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous. Note: This word has also been used (but improperly) to describe any embryo whose radicle points towards, or is next to, the hilum. | |
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Toluidine \To*lu"i*dine\, n. (Chem.) Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively {orthtoluidine}, {metatoluidine}, and {paratoluidine}; especially, the commonest one, or {paratoluidine}, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes. | |
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Ordot, GU (CDP, FIPS 55350) Location: 13.44667 N, 144.77440 E Population (1990): 1715 (364 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |