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orthotypic

orthotypic adjective: relating to orthotypes.

Adjective

orthotypic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to orthotypes.
    • For this reason it is called the trimetric system, and it has also received the names of rhombic, prismatic, right prismatic, orthotypic, and isoclinic.1883 November 9, English Mechanics and the World of Science, volume 38, page 222

Origin of orthotypic

From ortho- + -typic.

Questions about orthotypic

What does orthotypic mean?
Orthotypic means relating to orthotypes.
What part of speech is orthotypic?
Orthotypic is an adjective.

Words near orthotypic in the dictionary

  1. orthotropous
  2. orthotropously
  3. orthotropy
  4. orthotype
  5. orthotypes
  6. orthotypic
  7. orthotypographic
  8. orthotypographical
  9. orthotypographies
  10. orthotypography
  11. orthovanadate

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