Talk:ortho-

Thoughts from categorizing the derived terms

Pure vs righteous & upright vs right-angle

I went through the ~200 derived terms and categorized nearly all of them by sense, and *then* wrote up the definitions. Between the categorizing and the definition writing I lumped these together:

• Upright -> decided it was a special case of right-angle, but for bodies (e.g. orthopnoea, orthograde, orthostasis)
• Pure -> decided to lump it in with righteous. In my initial categorization I differentiated chemically pure (e.g. orthoquartzite, a pure quartz sandstone) from righteous, which to me has a moral connotation.
• Perpendicular -> decided to lump it in with right-angle. I had some idea to differentiate perpendicular planes/etc from lines but once writing it up I decided against it.

For the first two, a reasonable argument could be made to split them back out, and so I have kept their categorization in the derived terms section separate in case somebody decides to split them. Intersets (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Later on, I had a skim of the second page of derived terms (see below) and I decided it makes sense to separate upright/vertical from right-angle/perpendicular. A human body is considered upright in anatomical location/direction terms if it is standing upright on an incline, but it is not perpendicular to the ground. I added that definition and sense. Intersets (talk) 00:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Unsorted derived terms

In case anybody wants to finish the task of categorizing the derived terms, here are the ones that I did not categorize that are not just alternate spellings or derived from other terms in the list. (Edit: just realized there is a second page of Category:English terms prefixed with ortho-, so the entries on the second page are also uncategorized!). I couldn't figure out the etymology of Orthopoxvirus or The number in between the term and the definition is what my code for scraping categories produced for numbering the different senses - it starts from 0 rather than 1.

anorthoscope 0 An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures

orthoboric 0 (chemistry) boric (especially when compared with other oxyacid species of boron)

orthocaine 0 Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.

orthochoanitic 0 Pertaining to the obsolete cephalopod suborder Orthochoanites.

orthochromatophilic 0 (cytology) Describing an erythroblast, derived from a polychromatophilic one, that is approaching the colour of a mature erythrocyte

orthochromite 0 Any of a group of mixed oxides of chromium and another metal (typically a rare earth element) of general formula MCrO3

orthocomplementation 0 (mathematics) An involution on a complemented lattice which is order-reversing and maps each element to a complement.

orthodiagram 0 The record made by an orthodiagraph.

orthodiagraph 0 An instrument used to determine the true contour and dimensions of any internal organ or other object rendered visible by X-rays, the latter being deflected so as to be made parallel.

orthodiagraphy 0 examination by means of the orthodiagraph

orthographical 2 (cartography) Orthographic.

orthokeratosis 0 hyperkeratosis without parakeratosis

orthokinesis 0 A form of kinesis in which the speed of movement of the individual is dependent upon the intensity of the stimulus.

orthokinetic 1 (biology) Relating to orthokinesis.

orthokinetic 0 (physics) Describing any property related to the kinetic energy imparted by collisions with other bodies

ortholinear 3 Defining progress as one-dimensional, so that change is either a progression, a regression, or a neutral step to the side.

orthomorphism 0 (mathematics) A morphism that is also a permutation

orthopanoramic 0 (dentistry) By means of a orthopantomograph

orthopantomography 0 A form of radiography that produces panoramic images of the mouth.

orthophotomosaic 0 An image composed of multiple orthophotos

orthopox 0 (pathology) Infection with an orthopoxvirus.

orthoretrovirus 0 Any retrovirus of the subfamily Orthoretrovirinae.

orthoscope 1 An instrument for drawing projections of a skull.

orthoscope 0 An instrument for examining the interior of an eye.

orthosilicic 0 (chemistry) Of, relating to or derived from orthosilicic acid.

orthosymplectic 0 (mathematics) orthogonal and symplectic

As noted in my edit, this leaves out the entries on the second page. These are:

orthotellurate 0 (inorganic chemistry) The anion TeO66-; any salt containing this anion

orthotetrahedral 0 Relating to, or having the form of, an orthotetrahedron.

orthotetrahedron 0 A tetrahedron with three pairs of faces at right angles to one another.

orthothioformate 0 (organic chemistry) Any orthoester, formally derived from (the unstable) thioformic acid, of general formula HC(SR)3

orthotitanic acid 0 (chemistry) An acid of titanium (H4TiO4); a form of titanic acid.

orthotomic 0 (geometry) Cutting at right angles.

orthotomic 1 (algebra) imaginary; involving the square root of a negative number.

orthotomic 2 (geometry) The line that joins the poles of the common chord on two orthotomic circles.

orthotomic 3 (geometry) The envelope of the family of circles that have centers on a specified curve and which pass through a specified point.

orthotomy 0 (geometry) The property of cutting at right angles.

orthotopic 0 (anatomy) in the normal position

orthotopical 0 Alternative form of orthotopic

orthotransplantation 0 (surgery) orthotopic transplantation

orthotrophic 0 Relating to orthotrophy

orthotrophic 1 Misspelling of orthotropic.

orthotrophy 0 The practice of eating the "correct" things

orthotrophy 1 Misspelling of orthotropy.

orthotropia 0 The normal absence of heterotropia.

orthotropic 0 (botany) Growing vertically, either upwards or downwards. --- has since been added to the page

orthotropic 1 (engineering) Having material properties that differ along three mutually orthogonal twofold axes of rotational symmetry.

orthotropous 0 (botany, of an ovule) Growing straight and having the micropyle at the apex

orthotropy 0 The condition of being orthotropic.

orthotype 0 (taxonomy) The original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.

orthotypic 0 Relating to orthotypes.

orthotypography 0 (typography) The study of correct typography according to established usage.

orthovanadate 0 (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of vanadium VO43- or any salt containing this ion

orthovoltage 0 (medicine) A voltage of about 300 to 500 kilovolts, when used in radiation therapy

orthowater 0 Synonym of polywater

orthoxylene 0 (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).

Intersets (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)