orthodromic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ortho- +‎ Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, a course, race course, road) +‎ -ic.

Adjective[edit]

orthodromic (not comparable)

  1. 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.
  2. Passing along neurological impulses in a normal (expected) direction. (of neurons)
    Antonym: antidromic

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