Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

orthostate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-thostate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of orthostat.

Example Sentences

"... the sill course. In the orthostate course of each is a single vertical Greek dowel cutting, the top edges measuring 0.489-0.52 m above the sill […]"
"[…] the anta block but begins with the first full orthostate (Fig. 18:a). […] The same sort of truncating of a full orthostate occurs at the reveals of the east entranceway. […] A smashed east-jamb orthostate puts this detail beyond recognition, but the west-jamb orthostate retains the whole surface with the cyma reversa intact at either end."

Inflected Forms

orthostates (plural)

Questions

What does orthostate mean?: Alternative form of orthostat.

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