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non-orthogonal: this expression originates in the use of 'orthogonal' to denote independence.Data are said to be non-orthogonal if they lead to estimates of various effects which are not independent of one another or,perhaps,of other features such as block differences which are a nuisance in the analysis
Category: Statistics

ortho: an arrangement of black and white bars that can be read by an optical scanner
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

ortho: metamorphic rocks which are derived from rocks of igneous origin. Ortho is used as a prefix before the names of various metamorphic rocks to indicate their igneous origin
Category: The cosmos

ortho-code: an arrangement of black and white bars that can be read by an optical scanner
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

orthodrome: any line on a chart representing a great circle track between two positions 99999 INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951
Category: The cosmos

orthogonal: this word occurs in several distinct but related senses: a) in its mathematical sense as meaning perpendicular, e.g. in relation to a pair of orthogonal co-ordinate axes; b) in relation to a set of mathematical functions (see orthogonal functions); c) in relation to two variates or two linear functions of variates, which are said to be orthogonal if they are statistically independent; d) in relation to an experimental design, which is called orthogonal if certain observed variates, or linear combinations of them, can be regarded as statistically independent
Category: Mathematics

orthogonality: in experimental design,the property which ensures that the various effects to be measured are not entangled in any way and the means are direct estimates of these effects
Category: General

orthographic: a written word which is marked off by empty spaces before and after it
Category: Language and literature

orthomorphic: used amongst others to represent large portions of,or the whole of,the earth`s surface
Category: The cosmos

orthophoria: the condition in which the lines of sight,in the absence of an adequate fusion stimulus,intersect at a given point of reference,this point of reference usually being the point of binocular fixation prior to the phoria test,or more arbitrarily,at an infinite distance
Category: Medicine

orthophoto: a photograph derived from a conventional perspective photograph by simple or differential rectification so that image displacements caused by camera tilt and relief of terrain are removed
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

orthophoto: a photograph obtained from the orthogonal(i.e.horizontal)projection of a correctly orientated stereoscopic model formed by two overlapping aerial photographs
Category: General

orthoptera: walkingsticks, praying mantis, roaches, long-horned grasshoppers (e.g. katydids, meadow grasshoppers, cave and Mormon crickets),short-horned grasshoppers or locusts, and crickets (e.g. mole crickets, field crickets and tree crickets); characterised by strong mandibulate mouthparts and gradual or simple metamorphosis; short-horned grass hoppers or locusts, Mormon cricket and some walkingsticks and crickets (e.g. mole and field crickets) are important plant pests
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

orthoscope: a device which neutralizes the refracting power of the cornea by means of a layer of water in a small glass container held in contact with the eye
Category: Medicine

orthoscopic: spectacles in which the lenses are of strong convex power with base-in prism, used in fine near tasks to magnify and to reduce convergence
Category: Medicine

orthoscopic: giving an image in correct and normal proportions.
Category: Physics

porthole: a small glazed opening in a partition which enables one to inspect an enclosure without having to enter it
Category: General

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