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orthometric

orthometric adjective: having axes at right angles.

Adjective

orthometric (not comparable)

  1. Having axes at right angles.
  2. Being corrected for the curvature of the Earth.

Origin of orthometric

From ortho- + -metric.

Words formed from orthometric

Questions about orthometric

What does orthometric mean?
Orthometric means having axes at right angles.
What part of speech is orthometric?
Orthometric is an adjective.

Words near orthometric in the dictionary

  1. orthologues
  2. orthology
  3. orthomagmatic
  4. orthomegodont
  5. orthometer
  6. orthometric
  7. orthometrically
  8. orthometry
  9. orthominasragrite
  10. orthomitosis
  11. orthomixovirus

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