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   Oort cloud
         n 1: (astronomy) a hypothetical huge collection of comets
               orbiting the sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto;
               perturbations (as by other stars) can upset a comet's orbit
               and may send it tumbling toward the sun

English Dictionary: Orites excelsa by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Oradexon
n
  1. a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation
    Synonym(s): dexamethasone, Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ord kangaroo rat
n
  1. most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
    Synonym(s): Ord kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orites
n
  1. small genus of Australian shrubs or trees [syn: Orites, genus Orites]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orites excelsa
n
  1. Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
    Synonym(s): prickly ash, Orites excelsa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ortega
n
  1. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945) [syn: Ortega, {Daniel Ortega}, Daniel Ortega Saavedra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ortega y Gasset
n
  1. Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)
    Synonym(s): Ortega y Gasset, Jose Ortega y Gasset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthicon
n
  1. a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
    Synonym(s): orthicon, image orthicon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthochorea
n
  1. a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthochromatic film
n
  1. a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoclase
n
  1. a white or colored monoclinic feldspar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthogonal
adj
  1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
    Synonym(s): extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal
  2. statistically unrelated
  3. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
    Synonym(s): orthogonal, rectangular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthogonal opposition
n
  1. the relation of opposition between things at right angles
    Synonym(s): orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthogonality
n
  1. the relation of opposition between things at right angles
    Synonym(s): orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition
  2. the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthographic
adj
  1. of or relating to or expressed in orthography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthography
n
  1. a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
    Synonym(s): orthography, writing system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthoscope
n
  1. an ophthalmoscope with a layer of water to neutralize the refraction of the cornea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthostatic
adj
  1. pertaining to an upright standing posture; "orthostatic hypotension"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orthostatic hypotension
n
  1. low blood pressure occurring in some people when they stand up
    Synonym(s): orthostatic hypotension, postural hypotension
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ortygan
n
  1. any of several East Indian birds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orudis
n
  1. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
    Synonym(s): ketoprofen, Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Orudis KT
n
  1. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
    Synonym(s): ketoprofen, Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oared \Oared\, a.
      1. Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a
            four-oared boat.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Having feet adapted for swimming.
            (b) Totipalmate; -- said of the feet of certain birds. See
                  Illust. of {Aves}.
  
      {Oared shrew} (Zo[94]l.), an aquatic European shrew
            ({Crossopus ciliatus}); -- called also {black water
            shrew}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[acr]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
      cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
      cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
      hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
      cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.)
      1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
            wild {Brassica oleracea} of Europe. The common cabbage has
            a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
            sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
  
      2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
            cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below.
  
      3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
  
      {Cabbage aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
            brassic[91]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
           
  
      {Cabbage beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle
            ({Phyllotreta vittata}) which lives, in the larval state,
            on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
            and other cruciferous plants.
  
      {Cabbage butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris
            rap[91]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {P.
            oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval
            state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip.
            See {Cabbage worm}, below.
  
      {Cabbage fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
            brassic[91]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
            on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
            the crop.
  
      {Cabbage head}, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
            cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
            colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
           
  
      {Cabbage palmetto}, a species of palm tree ({Sabal Palmetto})
            found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
  
      {Cabbage rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia})
            having large and heavy blossoms.
  
      {Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, a name given to palms having
            a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the {Sabal Palmetto}
            of the United States, and the {Euterpe oleracea} and
            {Oreodoxa oleracea} of the West Indies.
  
      {Cabbage worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of several species of
            moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most
            common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See
            {Cabbage butterfly}, above. The cabbage cutworms, which
            eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are
            the larv[91] of several species of moths, of the genus
            {Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}.
  
      {Sea cabbage}.(Bot.)
            (a) Sea kale
            (b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which
                  the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
                  derived by cultivation.
  
      {Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Royal \Roy"al\, a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F.
      royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See {Rich}, and
      cf. {regal}, {real} a coin, {Rial}.]
      1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable
            for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or
            prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
  
      2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
  
                     How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio? --Shak.
  
      3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted
            by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal
            Society.
  
      {Battle royal}. See under {Battle}.
  
      {Royal bay} (Bot.), the classic laurel ({Laurus nobilis}.)
  
      {Royal eagle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Golden eagle}, under {Golden}.
           
  
      {Royal fern} (Bot.), the handsome fern {Osmunda regalis}. See
            {Osmund}.
  
      {Royal mast} (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast
            and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The
            royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.
           
  
      {Royal metal}, an old name for gold.
  
      {Royal palm} (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree
            ({Oreodoxa regia}), lately discovered also in Florida.
  
      {Royal pheasant}. See {Curassow}.
  
      {Royal purple}, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.
           
  
      {Royal tern} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested American tern
            ({Sterna maxima}).
  
      {Royal tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tiger}.
  
      {Royal touch}, the touching of a diseased person by the hand
            of a king, with the view of restoring to health; --
            formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the
            scrofula, or king's evil.
  
      Syn: Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike;
               princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid;
               illustrious; noble; magnanimous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Molebut \Mole"but\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The sunfish ({Orthagoriscus}, or {Mola}). [Written also
      {molebat}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola
            rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body
            and a truncated tail.
      (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American
            fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They
            have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
            Among the common species of the Eastern United States are
            {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish},
            {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or
            dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish
            ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also
            {pondfish}.
      (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner.
      (d) The opah.
      (e) The basking, or liver, shark.
      (f) Any large jellyfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthocarbonic \Or`tho*car*bon"ic\, a. [Ortho- + carbonic.]
      (Chem.)
      Designating a complex ether, {C.(OC2H5)4}, which is obtained
      as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of
      chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the
      hypothetical normal carbonic acid, {C.(OH)4}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthocenter \Or`tho*cen"ter\, n. [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.)
      That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from
      the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the
      sides produced, mutually intersect.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoceratite \Or`tho*cer"a*tite\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?], [?], a
      horn.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoclase \Or"tho*clase\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] to break.]
      (Min.)
      Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic
      system and having two cleavages at right angles to each
      other. See {Feldspar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoclastic \Or`tho*clas"tic\, a. (Crystallog.)
      Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said
      of the monoclinic feldspars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthogamy \Or*thog"a*my\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] marriage.] (Bot.)
      Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen
      fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same
      blossom; -- opposed to {heterogamy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthognathic \Or`thog*nath"ic\, a.
      Orthognathous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthognathism \Or*thog"na*thism\, n. (Anat.)
      The quality or state of being orthognathous. --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthognathous \Or*thog"na*thous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] the jaw.]
      (Anat.)
      Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly
      perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; --
      opposed to {prognathous}. See {Gnathic index}, under
      {Gnathic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthogon \Or"tho*gon\, n. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] angle: cf. F.
      orthogone, a.] (Geom.)
      A rectangular figure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthogonal \Or*thog"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. orthogonal.]
      Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of
      one curve with another.
  
      {Orthogonal projection}. See under {Orthographic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthogonal \Or*thog"o*nal\, a. [Cf. F. orthogonal.]
      Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of
      one curve with another.
  
      {Orthogonal projection}. See under {Orthographic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthogonally \Or*thog"o*nal*ly\, adv.
      Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of
      curves orthogonally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthograph \Or"tho*graph\, n. [Ortho- + -graph.] (Arch.)
      An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp.
      of a building.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographer \Or*thog"ra*pher\, n.
      One versed in orthography; one who spells words correctly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical
   \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L.
      orthographus, Gr. [?].]
      1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also,
            correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter
            was orthographic.
  
      2. (Geom.) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.]
      1. The act of throwing or shooting forward.
  
      2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building;
            an extension beyond something else.
  
      3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is
            planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant.
  
      4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation;
            plan; especially, the representation of any object on a
            perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result
            were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon
            the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through
            it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the
            projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection
            differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane
            of projection in each.
  
      5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the
            earth upon a plane.
  
      {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the
            spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a
            cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at
            the center of the sphere.
  
      {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere,
            the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of
            a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being
            at the center of the sphere.
  
      {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See
            under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc.
  
      {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in
            which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and
            the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose
            distance from each other increases with their distance
            from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of
            latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio
            as on the sphere itself.
  
      {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines
            drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane
            of projection obliquely.
  
      {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the
            point of sight is at the center, and the plane of
            projection passes through one of the polar circles.
  
      {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into
            a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or
            other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold.
           
  
      {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the
            foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the
            point.
  
      {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line
            of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let
            fall from the extremities of the given line.
  
      Syn: See {Protuberance}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical
   \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L.
      orthographus, Gr. [?].]
      1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also,
            correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter
            was orthographic.
  
      2. (Geom.) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographic \Or`tho*graph"ic\, Orthographical
   \Or`tho*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. orthographique, L.
      orthographus, Gr. [?].]
      1. Of or pertaining to orthography, or right spelling; also,
            correct in spelling; as, orthographical rules; the letter
            was orthographic.
  
      2. (Geom.) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographically \Or`tho*graph"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In an orthographical manner:
      (a) according to the rules of proper spelling;
      (b) according to orthographic projection.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographist \Or*thog"ra*phist\, n.
      One who spells words correctly; an orthographer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthographize \Or*thog"ra*phize\, v. t.
      To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in
      regard to spelling.
  
               In the coalesced into ith, which modern reaction has
               orthographized to i' th'.                        --Earle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthography \Or*thog"ra*phy\, n. [OE. ortographie, OF.
      orthographie, L. orthographia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] writing
      correctly; 'orqo`s right + gra`fein to write. See {Ortho-},
      and {Graphic}.]
      1. The art or practice of writing words with the proper
            letters, according to standard usage; conventionally
            correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his
            orthography is vicious.
  
                     When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation,
                     but is hardened into orthography.      --Earle.
  
      2. The part of grammar which treats of the letters, and of
            the art of spelling words correctly.
  
      3. A drawing in correct projection, especially an elevation
            or a vertical section.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoscope \Or"tho*scope\, n. [Ortho- + -scope.] (Physyol.)
      An instrument designed to show the condition of the
      superficial portions of the eye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoscopic \Or`tho*scop"ic\, a. (Opt.)
      Giving an image in correct or normal proportions; giving a
      flat field of view; as, an orthoscopic eyepiece.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthosilicic \Or`tho*si*lic"ic\, a. [Ortho- + silicic.] (Chem.)
      Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or
      highest number of hydroxyl groups.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Silicic \Si*lic"ic\, a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F.
      silicique.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica;
      specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic
      acid.
  
      {Silicic acid} (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance,
            {Si(HO)4}, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but
            forming many stable salts; -- called also {orthosilicic,
            [or] normal silicic, acid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthospermous \Or`tho*sper"mous\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. [?] seed.]
      (Bot.)
      Having the seeds straight, as in the fruits of some
      umbelliferous plants; -- opposed to {c[d2]lospermous}.
      --Darwin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthostade \Or"tho*stade\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'orqo`s straight + [?]
      to place.] (Anc. Costume)
      A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight
      folds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthostichy \Or*thos"ti*chy\, n.; pl. {Orthostichies}. [Ortho- +
      Gr. [?] row.] (Bot.)
      A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthostichy \Or*thos"ti*chy\, n.; pl. {Orthostichies}. [Ortho- +
      Gr. [?] row.] (Bot.)
      A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
      Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
      aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
      because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
      inflammable liquids, {C6H4.(CH3)2}, being dimethyl benzenes,
      and are called respectively {orthoxylene}, {metaxylene}, and
      {paraxylene}. Called also {xylol}.
  
      Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
               distinct series of compounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
      That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in
      the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible
      hydrocarbon resembling benzene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
      Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
      aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
      because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
      inflammable liquids, {C6H4.(CH3)2}, being dimethyl benzenes,
      and are called respectively {orthoxylene}, {metaxylene}, and
      {paraxylene}. Called also {xylol}.
  
      Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
               distinct series of compounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
      That variety of xylene in which the two methyl groups are in
      the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible
      hydrocarbon resembling benzene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ort \Ort\, n.; pl. {Orts}. [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of
      food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from
      the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.]
      A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used
      in the plural. --Milton.
  
               Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ortygan \Or"ty*gan\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a quail.] (Zo[94]l.)
      One of several species of East Indian birds of the genera
      {Ortygis} and {Hemipodius}. They resemble quails, but lack
      the hind toe. See {Turnix}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ouretic \Ou*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], from [?] urine. Cf. {Uretic}.]
      (Chem.)
      Uric.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oretech, OR
      Zip code(s): 97601

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   orthogonal adj.   [from mathematics] Mutually independent; well
   separated; sometimes, irrelevant to.   Used in a generalization of
   its mathematical meaning to describe sets of primitives or
   capabilities that, like a vector basis in geometry, span the entire
   `capability space' of the system and are in some sense
   non-overlapping or mutually independent.   For example, in
   architectures such as the PDP-11 or VAX where all or nearly all
   registers can be used interchangeably in any role with respect to
   any instruction, the register set is said to be orthogonal.   Or, in
   logic, the set of operators `not' and `or' is orthogonal, but the
   set `nand', `or', and `not' is not (because any one of these can be
   expressed in terms of the others).   Also used in comments on human
   discourse: "This may be orthogonal to the discussion, but...."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ORTHOCARTAN
  
      A system for {symbolic mathematics},
      especially General Relativity, written by A. Krasinski of
      Warsaw in the early 1980s.
  
      (1995-04-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   orthogonal
  
      At 90 degrees (right angles).
  
      N mutually orthogonal {vectors} {span} an N-dimensional
      {vector space}, meaning that, any vector in the space can be
      expressed as a {linear combination} of the vectors.   This is
      true of any set of N {linearly independent} vectors.
  
      The term is used loosely to mean mutually independent or well
      separated.   It is used to describe sets of primitives or
      capabilities that, like linearly independent vectors in
      geometry, span the entire "capability space" and are in some
      sense non-overlapping or mutually independent.   For example,
      in logic, the set of operators "not" and "or" is described as
      orthogonal, but the set "nand", "or", and "not" is not
      (because any one of these can be expressed in terms of the
      others).
  
      Also used loosely to mean "irrelevant to", e.g. "This may be
      orthogonal to the discussion, but ...", similar to "going off
      at a tangent".
  
      See also {orthogonal instruction set}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2002-12-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   orthogonal instruction set
  
      An {instruction set} where all (or most)
      instructions have the same format and all {registers} and
      {addressing modes} can be used interchangeably - the choices
      of {op code}, register, and addressing mode are mutually
      independent (loosely speaking, the choices are
      "{orthogonal}").   This contrasts with some early {Intel}
      {microprocessors} where only certain registers could be used
      by certain instructions.
  
      Examples include the {PDP-11}, {680x0}, {ARM}, {VAX}.
  
      (2002-06-26)
  
  
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