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orthorectify

orthorectify verb: to process an aerial photograph so as to geometrically correct it such that the scale of the photograph is uniform and it can be measured as a map is.

Verb

orthorectify (third-person singular simple present orthorectifies, present participle orthorectifying, simple past and past participle orthorectified)

  1. To process an aerial photograph so as to geometrically correct it such that the scale of the photograph is uniform and it can be measured as a map is.

Forms of orthorectify

third-person singular presentorthorectifies
present participleorthorectifying
past participleorthorectified
pastorthorectified

Origin of orthorectify

From ortho- + rectify.

Words formed from orthorectify

Questions about orthorectify

What does orthorectify mean?
Orthorectify means to process an aerial photograph so as to geometrically correct it such that the scale of the photograph is uniform and it can be measured as a map is.
What part of speech is orthorectify?
Orthorectify is a verb.
What is the past tense of orthorectify?
The past tense of orthorectify is orthorectified.

Words near orthorectify in the dictionary

  1. orthorectic
  2. orthorectification
  3. orthorectifications
  4. orthorectified
  5. orthorectifies
  6. orthorectify
  7. orthorectifying
  8. orthoreoviral
  9. orthoreovirus
  10. orthoreoviruses
  11. orthoretroviral

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