ORTHOGRAPHIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orthographic mean? 

• ORTHOGRAPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective ORTHOGRAPHIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or expressed in orthography

  Familiarity information: ORTHOGRAPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTHOGRAPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or expressed in orthography

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

orthography (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)

Derivation:

orthography (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)

 Context examples 

The image is an orthographic projection centered on 67.19 degrees north latitude, 212.67 degrees west longitude.

(Cassini's Final View of Titan's Northern Lakes and Seas, NASA)

In English, ‹a› by itself usually denotes the near-open front unrounded vowel (/æ/) as in pad, the open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/) as in father, or, in concert with a later orthographic vowel, the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and major, due to effects of the great vowel shift.

(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An orthographic view is most like the view seen by a distant observer looking through a telescope.

(Cassini's Final View of Titan's Northern Lakes and Seas, NASA)