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orthopalinal

orthopalinal adjective: moved backwards and forwards in a straight line.

Adjective

orthopalinal (not comparable)

  1. Moved backwards and forwards in a straight line

Origin of orthopalinal

From ortho- + palinal.

Questions about orthopalinal

What does orthopalinal mean?
Orthopalinal means moved backwards and forwards in a straight line.
What part of speech is orthopalinal?
Orthopalinal is an adjective.

Words near orthopalinal in the dictionary

  1. orthopaedist
  2. orthopaedists
  3. orthopaedy
  4. orthopair
  5. orthopairs
  6. orthopalinal
  7. orthopalinally
  8. orthopanoramic
  9. orthopantomogram
  10. orthopantomograms
  11. orthopantomograph

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