orthographicadj.
/ˌɔːθəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔrθəˈɡræfɪk/ 1. Of a projection used in maps, elevations, etc.: depicted as if seen from an infinite distance, so that the projecting rays are parallel.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > type of projection
orthographic1669
orthographical1673
stereographic1704
isometrical1838
isometric1840
monographic1855
monographical1904
1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 872 The Orthographick Projection, by Perpendiculars falling from the respective Points of the Circles of the Spheare, on the Projecting Plain: Such a Projection, if the Plain be the Meridian, Ptolemy called the Analemma.
1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 553 This inconvenience will always..attend the stereographic projection [of maps]. The orthographic, by parallel lines, would be still less exact.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 56 If the eye be supposed to be placed at an infinite distance, it is called the orthographic projection.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Bridge Elevation, the orthographic projection of the front of a bridge, on the vertical plane, parallel to its length.
1866 Athenæum No. 2002. 339/2 The orthographic delineation of the skull.
1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) 11 That mode of projecting a hemisphere or any part of it on a plane is called the orthographic, because it shews the surface as it would be seen straight by parallel lines of sight from an infinite distance.
1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 196 109 This and the similar following figures are drawn in orthographic projection.
1975 Sci. Amer. Nov. 120/3 Distance distortions are great at the edges of an orthographic map.
1990 Amiga Computing Dec. 115/1 Three views of the ‘landscape’ are presented, in wireframe form, arranged in orthographic projection.
2. Of or relating to orthography or spelling; = orthographical adj. 1.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [adjective] > belonging to orthography or correct spelling
orthographical1577
orthographic1806
nomic1892
1806 Lady Morgan Wild Irish Girl II. xii. 86 The Erse being only a written language within these few years, no means were yet afforded of forming a decided orthographic standard.
1847 Sci. Amer. 15 May 269/4 A new set of characters for letters, purporting to be based on a perfect analysis of orthographic sounds.
1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2568 There are some orthographic peculiarities; but in the main the Hebrew is pure.
1914 Amer. Polit. Sci. 8 303 The name is not German and follows no German orthographic principles.
1953 Life 8 June 30/1 (caption) Parading through Burbank behind a sign more emphatic than orthographic.
1999 J. C. Beal Eng. Pronunc. in 18th Cent. p. xii I have used throughout the normal conventions of phonemic, phonetic, and orthographic bracketing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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