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orthophoto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
or-thopho-to
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected (orthorectified) such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be considered equivalent to a map.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English orthophoto From ortho- + photo.

Inflected Forms

orthophotos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

orthophotography

Synonyms

orthoimage orthophotograph

Questions

What does orthophoto mean?
An aerial photograph that has been geometrically corrected (orthorectified) such that the scale of the photograph is uniform, meaning that the photo can be considered equivalent to a map.
Where does orthophoto come from?
Etymology tree English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo English orthophoto From ortho- + photo.

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