Orthodoxally
(Or"tho*dox`al*ly) adv. Orthodoxly. [R.] Milton
Orthodoxastical
(Or`tho*dox*as"tic*al) a. Orthodox. [Obs.]
Orthodoxical
(Or`tho*dox"ic*al) a. Pertaining to, or evincing, orthodoxy; orthodox.
Orthodoxly
(Or"tho*dox`ly) adv. In an orthodox manner; with soundness of faith. Sir W. Hamilton.
Orthodoxness
(Or"tho*dox`ness), n. The quality or state of being orthodox; orthodoxy. Waterland.
Orthodoxy
(Or"tho*dox`y) n. [Gr. : cf. F. orthodoxie. See Orthodox.]
1. Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard
of faith; — opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy.
Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy.
Waterland. 2. Consonance to genuine Scriptural doctrines; — said of moral doctrines and beliefs; as, the orthodoxy
of a creed.
3. By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief.
Orthodromic
(Or`tho*drom"ic) a. [Ortho- + Gr. to run.] Of or pertaining to orthodromy.
Orthodromics
(Or`tho*drom"ics) n. The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle,
which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.
Orthodromy
(Or"tho*drom`y) n. [Cf. F. orthodromie.] The act or art of sailing on a great circle.
Orthoëpic
(Or`tho*ëp"ic Or`tho*ëp"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to orthoëpy, or correct pronunciation. — Or`tho*ëp"ic*al*ly,
adv.
Orthoëpist
(Or"tho*ë*pist) n. One who is skilled in orthoëpy.
Orthoëpy
(Or"tho*ë*py) n. [Gr. 'orqo`s right + a word: cf. F. orthoépie. See Ortho-, and Epic.] The art
of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.
Orthogamy
(Or*thog"a*my) n. [Ortho- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the
pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; — opposed to heterogamy.
Orthognathic
(Or`thog*nath"ic) a. Orthognathous.
Orthognathism
(Or*thog"na*thism) n. (Anat.) The quality or state of being orthognathous. Huxley.
Orthognathous
(Or*thog"na*thous) a. [Ortho- + Gr. the jaw.] (Anat.) Having the front of the head, or
the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; — opposed to prognathous.
See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.
Orthogon
(Or"tho*gon) n. [Ortho- + Gr. angle: cf. F. orthogone, a.] (Geom.) A rectangular figure.
Orthogonal
(Or*thog"o*nal) a. [Cf. F. orthogonal.] Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection
of one curve with another.
Orthogonal projection. See under Orthographic.
Orthogonally
(Or*thog"o*nal*ly), adv. Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves
orthogonally.
