All English words - page 3776

Meanings of Orthopteroid:

adjective

Relating to a group of insect orders that are related to the grasshoppers and crickets, including also the stoneflies, stick insects, earwigs, cockroaches, mantises, and termites.

Usage examples:

An ovipositor may have produced the short posterior medial projection, or terminal imprint if it we…

Meanings of Orthopterological:

adjective

Of or relating to orthopterology.

Meanings of Orthopterology:

noun

The branch of entomology concerned with the orthoptera.

Meanings of Orthopteron:

noun

Orthopteran.

Meanings of Orthoptic:

adjective

Relating to the treatment or study of problems of the eye muscles, for example having a squint (= when the eyes look in different directions) or having double vision (= when you can see two of everything)

Usage examples:

She's been to the orthoptic department on a fairly regular basis since may., orthoptic examination …

Meanings of Orthoptics:

noun

The study or treatment of irregularities of the eyes, especially those of the eye muscles that prevent normal binocular vision.

plural noun

The diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of irregularities of the eyes, especially those of the eye muscles that prevent normal binocular vision.

Usage examples:

A course in orthoptics takes three years of study.

Meanings of Orthopyroxene:

noun

A mineral of the pyroxene group crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

Usage examples:

Some edenitic hornblende crystals contain cores of orthopyroxene.

Meanings of Orthorhombic:

adjective

Of or denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometrical arrangement having three unequal axes at right angles.

Usage examples:

These are, in order of decreasing symmetry, the cubic, hexagonal, tetragonal, trigonal, orthorhombi…

Meanings of Orthorrhaphous:

adjective

Relating to or designating the more primitive groups of dipteran flies (formerly constituting the suborder orthorrhapha), which are characterized by the emergence of the adult from the pupa through a longitudinal or t-shaped split.

Meanings of Orthoscopic:

adjective

Having or producing normal vision; yielding an image free from optical distortion; specifically of binocular vision: without the reversal of convexity and concavity produced by pseudoscopic instruments.

noun

An orthoscopic eyepiece.

Meanings of Orthose:

noun

A mineral which is the common form of potash feldspar.

Meanings of Orthoselection:

noun

Natural selection operating in one direction continuously over a relatively long period of time.

Meanings of Orthosilicate:

noun

A salt containing the anion sio₄ 4−; the anion itself; a salt or ester of orthosilicic acid; any mineral or other compound containing discrete tetrahedral sio₄ anions.

Meanings of Orthosis:

noun

A brace, splint, or other artificial external device serving to support the limbs or spine or to prevent or assist relative movement.

Meanings of Orthostat:

noun

An upright stone or slab forming part of a structure or set in the ground.

Usage examples:

You could see immediately where the chambered areas were, because you could see the tops of the ort…

Meanings of Orthostatic:

adjective

Relating to or caused by an upright posture.

Usage examples:

On admission, the patient appeared cachectic and had orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia.

Meanings of Orthostichies:

noun

(in phyllotaxis) a vertical row of leaves arranged one directly above another.

Usage examples:

Longitudinal section of shoot apex and an orthostichy of leaf primordia that are forming a rib.

Meanings of Orthostichous:

adjective

Having leaves arranged in orthostichies; characterized by such an arrangement.

Meanings of Orthostichy:

noun

(in phyllotaxis) a vertical row of leaves arranged one directly above another.

Usage examples:

Longitudinal section of shoot apex and an orthostichy of leaf primordia that are forming a rib.

Meanings of Orthostyle:

noun

A straight row of columns.

Meanings of Orthosymmetric:

adjective

Designating a symmetric determinant or matrix in which all the constituents in the secondary diagonal (running from top right to bottom left), and likewise all those in each of the oblique rows parallel to it, are equal.

Meanings of Orthosymmetry:

adjective

Designating a symmetric determinant or matrix in which all the constituents in the secondary diagonal (running from top right to bottom left), and likewise all those in each of the oblique rows parallel to it, are equal.

Meanings of Orthotic:

adjective

Relating to orthotics.

Usage examples:

Once her feet stopped growing, she wore an orthotic insert in her left shoe to help her balance.

noun

An artificial support or brace for the limbs or spine.

Usage examples:

They also perform biomechanical analysis, assess your gait and make orthotics as needed.

Meanings of Orthotics:

noun

An artificial support or brace for the limbs or spine.

plural noun

The branch of medicine that deals with the provision and use of artificial devices such as splints and braces.

Usage examples:

This week he collected his doctorate of philosophy from salford university, where he is a lecturer …

Meanings of Orthotist:

noun

Someone who works in orthotics (= the use of devices such as braces and splints to support weak or damaged bones, joints, muscles, etc.)

Usage examples:

An orthotist makes and fits braces and splints for patients who need added support for body parts t…