orthographicaladj.
/ˌɔːθəˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌɔrθəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ 1. Relating to orthography; belonging or relating to correct spelling, or to spelling in general; correct in spelling.
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society > communication > writing > spelling > [adjective] > belonging to orthography or correct spelling
orthographical1577
orthographic1806
nomic1892
1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Bi A figure is deuided into..Schemates, Grammatical..Orthographical, Syntactical.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. x. 133 That I might with better warrant haue vsed in their steads these words, orthographicall or syntacticall, which the learned Grammarians left ready made to our hands.
c1629 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 784 Could I have gotten an orthographical Scribe, I would have sent your Lordship all ere this.
a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht i. i, in Wks. (1873) III. 5 His..Orthographicall speaking friend..that cals People Pe-o-ple.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 499. ¶1 Having rectified some little Orthographical Mistakes.
1747 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 9 The great orthographical contest has long subsisted between etymology and pronunciation.
1803 T. Carpenter (title) The scholar's orthographical and othoepical assistant.
1867 Nation (N.Y.) 3 Jan. 9/1 In a majority of our words, orthographical changes have disguised or affixes have smothered the radical.
1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 6 260 There is so much useful and sensible matter in Mr. Boyden's essay, that it is a pity it was not submitted to some kind of orthographical revision.
1946 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 31 271 The orthographical corruption of terms was the general rule, so that today it is difficult to recognize in the Kpwese, the Zape; in the Vioho, the Bissago.
1990 Lang. Learning Jrnl. Sept. 45/2 Marks were lost for grammatical inaccuracy and candidates were penalised for the slightest orthographical errors.
2. Of projections used in maps, etc.: = orthographic adj. 1. Now rare.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective]
orthographical1673
stereographical1675
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
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 Index Drawing: A new manner of delineating by parallel rays, to an Orthographical equality, the gesture, scituation, and whatever habit of human bodies, keeping the proportion of parts.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Orthographical Projection of the Sphere, is a drawing the Surface of a Sphere on a Plane which cuts it in the middle; the Eye being vertically plac'd at an infinite distance from one of the Hemispheres.
1723 W. Meston Knight i. 70 To Mathematick Demonstration, Our Knight had no great Inclination,..With all the Crabbed Connick Sections, And Orthographical Projections.
1807 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 61 Let RrMN be the orthographical projection of Pqps on the plane ADBC.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 126 Excellently well skilled in..the orthographical projections.
2001 Express (Nexis) 24 Aug. 12 He's struggled with something called orthographical projection. It means, apparently, presenting three dimensional objects from every angle on a two dimensional sheet of paper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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