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orthotactically

orthotactically adverb: in terms of orthotactics.

Adverb

orthotactically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of orthotactics.
    • According to grapheme-grapheme recoding theory the pseudohomophone effect is due to recoding from a representation of the stimulus grapheme to a representation of an orthotactically related grapheme.1984, Guy Van Orden, A ROWS is a /ROZ/ is a ROSE: Visual, Phonological, Developmental, and Strategic Influences Upon Lexical Access
    • 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, volume 87, number 3, page 433

Origin of orthotactically

From orthotactic + -ally.

Questions about orthotactically

What does orthotactically mean?
Orthotactically means in terms of orthotactics.
What part of speech is orthotactically?
Orthotactically is an adverb.

Words near orthotactically in the dictionary

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

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