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orthotomic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-tho-tom-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cutting at right angles.

adj

imaginary; involving the square root of a negative number.

noun

The line that joins the poles of the common chord on two orthotomic circles.

noun

The envelope of the family of circles that have centers on a specified curve and which pass through a specified point.

Etymology

From orthotomy + -ic.

Inflected Forms

orthotomics (plural)

Phrases

orthotomic circle

Questions

What does orthotomic mean?
Cutting at right angles.
Where does orthotomic come from?
From orthotomy + -ic.

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