orthodromic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁eti Proto-Indo-European *-dʰeti Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English orthodromic From ortho- + Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”) + English -ic.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Of or relating to a means of navigation by following an arc of the great circle corresponding to the shortest distance between two points on the globe.
- (not-comparable) Passing along neurological impulses in a normal (expected) direction. (of neurons)
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Translations (1)
ga ortadromach (passing along neurological impulses in a normal direction)