orthographic

adjective

or·tho·graph·ic ˌȯr-thə-ˈgra-fik

variants or less commonly orthographical

ˌȯr-thə-ˈgra-fi-kəl

: of, relating to, being, or prepared by orthographic projection

an orthographic map

: of or relating to orthography

: correct in spelling

orthographically

ˌȯr-thə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē

adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The competition has been a feat of orthographic endurance for decades, giving each student a chance at thousands of dollars in prize money.

Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021 Or at least some orthographic clarity, since the vast majority of them spelled the word incorrectly, with two Ls: cancelled.

Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Dec. 2020 The orthographic debate the bill seeks to settle is older than the bridge itself.

Vivian Wang, New York Times, 7 June 2018 Essentially, the computer takes the different orthographic views of something—top, down, left, right, etc.—and creates a 3D model out of it, freeing the artist from hours of drudgery.

Steven T. Wright, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2018 Imagining the azimuthal orthographic as looking down at Earth from a floating eye, d’Aiguilon figured that moving the eye up or down would change the distance to the horizon.

Nick Stockton, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2014

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