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ormolu (ôrm�lṳ), n. [F. or moulu; or gold (L. aurum) + moulu, p. p. of moudre to grind, to mill, L. molere. See , and .] A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold.
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Coloq. ormolu varnish , a varnish applied to metals, as brass, to give the appearance of gold.
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Ormosia prop. n. A genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.
Syn. -- genus Ormosia.
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Ormuzd (ôrmŭzd), prop. n. [Zend Ahuramazda.] The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion; same as . See also .
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orn (ôrn), v. t. To ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] Joye.
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ornament (?), n. [OE. ornement, F. ornement, fr. L. ornamentum, fr. ornare to adorn.] That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.
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The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4.
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Like that long-buried body of the king
Found lying with his urns and ornaments. Tennyson.
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ornament (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ornamented; p. pr. & vb. n. Ornamenting.] To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city.
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Syn. -- See .
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ornamental (?), a. [Cf. F. ornemental.] Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
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Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
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ornamentally, adv. By way of ornament.
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Ornamentation (?), n. 1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.
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2. That which ornaments. C. Kingsley.
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3. The ornaments embellishing an object, collectively; as, each room of the palace had a strikingly different ornamentation.
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Ornamenter (?), n. One who ornaments; a decorator.
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Ornate (?), a. [L. ornatus, p. p. of ornare to adorn.] 1. Elaborately adorned or decorated; beautifully sumptuous. “So bedecked, ornate, and gay.” Milton.
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2. Finely finished, as a style of composition.
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A graceful and ornate rhetoric. Milton.
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Ornate, v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.]
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They may ornate and sanctify the name of God. Latimer.
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Ornately, adv. In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.
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Ornateness, n. The quality of being ornate.
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Ornature (?), n. [L. ornatura.] Decoration; ornamentation. [R.] Holinshed.
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Ornithic (?), a. [Gr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird.] Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. Owen.
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Ornithichnite (?), n. [Ornitho- + Gr. 'ichnos track.] (Paleon.) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.
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Ornithichnology (?), n. [Ornitho- + ichnology.] (Paleon.) The branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.
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Ornitho-. [Cf. .] A combining form fr. Gr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird.
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Ornithodelphia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ornis + delfys the womb.] Same as . -- Ornithodelphid (#), a.
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Ornithoidichnite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. 'ichnos footstep, track.] (Paleon.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.
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Ornitholite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.) (a) The fossil remains of a bird. (b) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
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{ Ornithologic (?), Ornithological (?), } a. [Cf. F. ornithologique.] Of or pertaining to ornithology; as, her ornithological interests.
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Ornithologist (?), n. [Cf. F. ornithologiste.] One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.
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Ornithology (?), n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.] 1. That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
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2. A treatise or book on this science.
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Ornithomancy (?), n. [Gr. �; 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird + � divination: cf. F. ornithomancie.] Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
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Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. De Quincey.
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Ornithon (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird.] An aviary; a poultry house. Weale.
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Ornithopappi (?), prop. n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'ornis a bird + � an ancestor.] (Zoöl.) An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.
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Ornithopoda (?), prop. n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Paleon.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix.
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Ornithorhynchidae prop. n. The natural family of monotremes including the platypus (duckbill) (Ornithorhyncus anatinus).
Syn. -- family Ornithorhynchidae.
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Ornithorhynchus (?), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird + � snout, beak.] (Zoöl.) A genus of monotremes including the platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus). See Duck mole, under .
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Ornithosauria (?), prop. n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Paleon.) An order of extinct flying reptiles; -- called also Pterosauria.
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Ornithoscelida (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird + � a leg.] (Zoöl.) A group of extinct Reptilia, intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds. -- Ornithoscelidan (#), a.
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Ornithoscopy (?), n. [Ornitho- + -scopy: cf. Gr. � divination from birds.] Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.
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Ornithotomical (?), a. Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.
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Ornithotomist (?), n. One who is skilled in ornithotomy.
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Ornithotomy (?), n. [Gr. 'ornis, 'orniqos, a bird + temnein to cut.] The anatomy or dissection of birds.
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Orograph (?), n. [Gr. 'oros mountain + -graph.] (Surveying) A machine for use in making topographical maps. It is operated by being pushed across country, and not only records distances, like the perambulator, but also elevations.
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{ Orographic (?), Orographical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to orography.
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Orography (?), n. [Gr. 'oros, a mountain + -graphy.] That branch of science which treats of mountains and mountain systems; orology; as, the orography of Western Europe.
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Oroheliograph (?), n. [Gr. 'oros mountain + helio- + -graph.] (Photog.) A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the horizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a vertical lens above. A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate.
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Orohippus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oros, mountain (referring to the Rocky Mountain region) + ippos horse.] (Paleon.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind.
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Oroide (?), n. [F. or gold (L. aurum) + Gr. e'i^dos form.] An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also oreide.]
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Orological (?), a. [Cf. F. orologique.] Of or pertaining to orology.
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Orologist (?), n. One versed in orology.
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Orology (?), n. [Gr. 'oros mountain + -logy: cf. F. orologie.] The science or description of mountains.
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Orometer (?), n. [Gr. 'oros mountain + -meter.] (Meteor.) An aneroid barometer having a second scale that gives the approximate elevation above sea level of the place where the observation is made.
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Orotund (?), a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus round, smooth.] Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance. -- n. The orotund voice or utterance Rush.
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Orotundity (?), n. The orotund mode of intonation.
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Orphaline (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Orphan (?), n. [L. orphanus, Gr. �, akin to L. orbus. Cf. a blank window.] A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
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Coloq. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.
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Orphan, a. Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.
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Orphan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.] To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.
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Orphanage (?), n. 1. The state of being an orphan; orphanhood; orphans, collectively.
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2. An institution or asylum for the care of orphans.
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Orphancy (?), n. Orphanhood. Sir P. Sidney.
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Orphanet (?), n. A little orphan. Drayton.
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Orphanhood (?), n. The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage.
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Orphanism (?), n. Orphanhood. [R.]
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Orphanotrophism (?), n. The care and support of orphans. [R.] Cotton Mather (1711).
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Orphanotrophy (?), n. [L. orphanotrophium, Gr. �; � an orphan + � to feed, bring up.]
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1. A hospital for orphans. [R.] A. Chalmers.
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2. The act of supporting orphans. [R.]
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Orpharion (?), n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon.]
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Orphean (?), a. [L. Orphēus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythic poet and musician; as, Orphean strains. Cowper.
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Orpheline (?), n. [F. orphelin. See .] An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll.
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Orpheus (?), prop. n. [L. Orpheus, Gr. �.] (Gr. Myth.) The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.
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Orphic (?), prop. a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. �.] Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
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Orphrey (?), n. [See .] A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin.
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Orpiment (?), n. [F., fr. L. auripigmentum; aurum gold + pigmentum pigment. Cf. , , , .] (Chem.) Arsenic sesquisulphide, produced artificially as an amorphous lemon-yellow powder, and occurring naturally as a yellow crystalline mineral; -- formerly called auripigment. It is used in king's yellow, in white Indian fire, and in certain technical processes, as indigo printing.
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Our orpiment and sublimed mercurie. Chaucer.
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Coloq. Red orpiment , realgar; the red sulphide of arsenic. -- Coloq. Yellow orpiment , king's yellow.
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Orpin, n. [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See .] 1. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, approaching also to red.
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2. (Bot.) The orpine.
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orpine (?), n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species (Sedum acre). See .] (Bot.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever. [Written also orpin.]
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Orrach (?), n. See .
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Orrery (?), n.; pl. Orreries (#). [So named in honor of the Earl of Orrery.] An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system.
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Orris (?), n. [Prob. corrupted from It. ireos iris. See .] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Iris (Iris Florentina); a kind of flower-de-luce. Its rootstock has an odor resembling that of violets.
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Coloq. Orris pea (Med.), an issue pea made from orris root. -- Coloq. Orris root , the fragrant rootstock of the orris.
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Orris (?), n. 1. [Contr. from orfrays, or from arras.] A sort of gold or silver lace. Johnson.
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2. A peculiar pattern in which gold lace or silver lace is worked; especially, one in which the edges are ornamented with conical figures placed at equal distances, with spots between them.
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{ Orsedew (?), Orsedue (?), } n. Leaf metal of bronze; Dutch metal. See under .
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Orseille (?), n. [F.] See .
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Orsellic (?), a. [From F. orseille archil. See .] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [Formerly written also orseillic.]
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Orsellinic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid.
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Ort (ôrt), n.; pl. Orts (ôrts). [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.] A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. Milton.
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Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. Shak.
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Ortalidian (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidæ. The larvæ of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others produce galls on various plants.
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Orthid (?), n. (Zoöl.) A brachiopod shell of the genus Orthis, and allied genera, of the family Orthidæ.
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Orthis (ôrthĭs), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqos straight.] (Zoöl.) An extinct genus of Brachiopoda, abundant in the Paleozoic rocks.
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Orthite (?), n. [Gr. 'orqos straight.] (Min.) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.
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Ortho- (ôrth�-) pref. [Gr. 'orqos straight; akin to Skr. ūrdhva upright, vṛdh to grow, to cause to grow.]
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1. A combining form signifying straight, right, upright, correct, regular; as, orthodromy, orthodiagonal, orthodox, orthographic.
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2. (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively), designating: (a) (Inorganic Chem.) The one of several acids of the same element (as the phosphoric acids), which actually occurs with the greatest number of hydroxyl groups; as, orthophosphoric acid. Cf. . (b) (Organic Chem.) Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound.
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☞ In the graphic representation of the benzene nucleus (see Benzene nucleus, under ), provisionally adopted, any substance exhibiting double substitution in adjacent and contiguous carbon atoms, as 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 4 & 5, etc., is designated by ortho-; as, orthoxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution of two carbon atoms with one intervening, as 1 & 3, 2 & 4, 3 & 5, 4 & 6, etc., by meta-; as, resorcin or metaxylene; any substance exhibiting substitution in opposite parts, as 1 & 4, 2 & 5, 3 & 6, by para-; as, hydroquinone or paraxylene.
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Orthocarbonic (?), a. [Ortho- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Designating a complex ether, C.(OC2H5)4, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid, C.(OH)4.
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Orthocenter (?), n. [Ortho- + center.] (Geom.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.
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Orthoceras (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'orqos straight + keras a horn.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.
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Orthoceratite (?), n. [Ortho- + Gr. �, �, a horn.] (Zoöl.) An orthoceras; also, any fossil shell allied to Orthoceras.
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Orthoclase (?), n. [Ortho- + Gr. � to break.] (Min.) Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See .
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Orthoclastic (?), a. (Crystallog.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.
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Orthodiagonal (?), n. [Ortho- + diagonal.] (Crystallog.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
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Orthodome (?), n. [Ortho- + dome.] (Crystallog.) See the Note under , 4.
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orthodontia n. (Med.) The treatment of the teeth so as to make the teeth align properly within the mouth, usually involving the wearing of braces and sometimes oral surgery.
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orthodontic a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to orthodontics or orthodontia.
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orthodontics n. (Med.) A branch of dentistry specializing in the treatment of the teeth so as to make the teeth align properly within the mouth; it usually involves fitting a patient with braces and sometimes oral surgery.
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orthodontist n. a dentist specializing in the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth; one specializing in orthodontics.
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Orthodox (?), a. [L. orthodoxus, Gr. 'orqodoxos; 'orqos right, true + doxa opinion, dokei^n to think, seem; cf. F. orthodoxe. See , .] 1. Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the Scriptures; -- opposed to heretical and heterodox; as, an orthodox Christian.
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2. According or congruous with the doctrines of Scripture, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, or the like; as, an orthodox opinion, book, etc.
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3. Adhering to generally approved doctrine or practices; conventional. Opposed to unorthodox.
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He saluted me on both cheeks in the orthodox manner. H. R. Haweis.
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4. Of or pertaining to the churches of the Eastern Christian rite, especially the Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox churches, which do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope of Rome in matters of faith.
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☞ The term orthodox differs in its use among the various Christian communions. The Greek Church styles itself the “Holy Orthodox Apostolic Church,” regarding all other bodies of Christians as more or less heterodox. The Roman Catholic Church regards the Protestant churches as heterodox in many points. In the United States the term orthodox is frequently used with reference to divergent views on the doctrine of the Trinity. Thus it has been common to speak of the Trinitarian Congregational churches in distinction from the Unitarian, as Orthodox. The name is also applied to the conservative, in distinction from the “liberal”, or Hicksite, body in the Society of Friends. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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