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orthotactic

orthotactic adjective: relating to orthotactics.

Adjective

orthotactic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to orthotactics.
    • An orthotactic rule of thumb that nearly any English-speaking schoolchild has heard is to put 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
    • Of course, pronounceability is closely tied to orthotactic regularity: letter strings that are orthotactically irregular will tend to be unpronounceable.2003, Jonathan Grainger et al., “Word superiority, pseudoword superiority, and learning to read: A comparison of dyslexic and normal readers”, in Brain and Language, 87.3, page 433

Words formed from orthotactic

Questions about orthotactic

What does orthotactic mean?
Orthotactic means relating to orthotactics.
What part of speech is orthotactic?
Orthotactic is an adjective.

Words near orthotactic in the dictionary

  1. orthosurgery
  2. orthosymmetric
  3. orthosymmetrical
  4. orthosympathetic
  5. orthosymplectic
  6. orthotactic
  7. orthotactically
  8. orthotactics
  9. orthotaxa
  10. orthotaxon
  11. orthotectonic

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