Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Orthochromatic.

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  • noun chemistry An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring
  • noun astronomy A certain type of flat eyepiece
  • noun photography, dated An orthochromatic plate
  • noun imaging An orthophoto

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From ortho–.]

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Examples

  • This method subsequently led to a fundamental investigation of neutron scattering in ortho - and para-hydrogen, with Pitzer, and to the first measurement, with Bloch, of the magnetic moment of the neutron.

    Luis Alvarez - Biography 1972

  • ” 5 Certain German orthoëpists, despairing of the printed page, have turned to the phonograph, and there is a Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft in Berlin which offers records of specimen speeches in a great many languages and dialects, including English.

    Chapter 7. The Standard American Pronunciation. 1. General Characters Henry Louis 1921

  • The on-call ortho gave her a local anesthetic, reset it and her finger.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • The on-call ortho gave her a local anesthetic, reset it and her finger.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • Quite apart from isotopes, it has been shown that under ordinary conditions hydrogen gas is a mixture of two kinds of molecules, known as ortho - and para-hydrogen, which differ from one another by the spins of their electrons and nuclei.

    Hydrogen 2008

  • They are called ortho, meta, or para compounds, depending upon the position of NO_ {2} groups introduced.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • Pure hydrogen is not used by higher life forms, but is metabolized by some types of, it has been shown that under ordinary conditions hydrogen gas is a mixture of two kinds of molecules, known as ortho - and para-hydrogen, which differ from one another by the spins of their electrons and nuclei.

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

  • Pure hydrogen is not used by higher life forms, but is metabolized by some types of, it has been shown that under ordinary conditions hydrogen gas is a mixture of two kinds of molecules, known as ortho - and para-hydrogen, which differ from one another by the spins of their electrons and nuclei.

    Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2009

  • i want to go to home before 30 miniutes office ending time. i am physicalled ortho disabled person. if available only females only or male also?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • i want to go to home before 30 miniutes office ending time. i am physicalled ortho disabled person. if available only females only or male also?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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