Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OR-THOG'RA-PHY
OR-THO-GRAPH'IC-AL-LYOR-THOL'O-GY
OR-THOG'RA-PHY, n. [Gr. ορθογραφια; ορθος, right, and γραφη, writing.]
- The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to common usage.
- The part of grammar which treats of the nature and properties of letters, and of the art of writing words correctly. Encyc.
- The practice of spelling or writing words with the proper letters. Swift.
- In geometry, the art of delineating the fore right plane or side of any object, and of expressing the elevations of each art; so called because it determines things by perpendicular lines falling on the geometrical plane. Encyc.
- In architecture, the elevation of a building, showing all the parts in their true proportion. Encyc.
- In perspective, the fore right side of any plane, that is, the side or plane that lies parallel to a straight line that may be imagined to pass through the outward convex points of the eyes, continued to a convenient length. Encyc.
- In fortification, the profile or representation of a work in all its parts, as they would appear if perpendicularly cut from top to bottom. Cyc.
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