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Pyro vs Ortho - What's the difference?

pyro | ortho |

As nouns the difference between pyro and ortho

is that pyro is (slang) a pyromaniac while ortho is (chemistry) an isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring.

As an adjective pyro

is pyromaniac, pyromaniacal.

pyro

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) a pyromaniac
  • pyrocellulose
  • pyrotechnician
  • pyrotechnics
  • (archaic, especially, photography) pyrogallic acid

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pyromaniac, pyromaniacal
  • pyrotechnic

    • See also

    * pyromania

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    ortho

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An isomer of a benzene derivative having two substituents adjacent on the ring
  • *{{quote-journal, year=1887, author=Thomas M. Morgan, title=On Some Derivatives of Ortho-Nitro-Cinnamic Acid, journal=Chemical News, date=December 21, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=F-YEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA269, url=269
    • , passage=When the cinnamic acid had been nitrated the ortho was separated from the para, by suspending in alcohol and leading hydrochloric acid gas into the mixture :
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 27, P. Neumann et al., Response to Comment on "Multipartite Entanglement Among Single Spins in Diamond", Science citation
    • , passage=Similarly, it also does not make sense to call the spin states of ortho and para hydrogen entangled. }}
  • (astronomy) A certain type of flat eyepiece
  • *{{quote-book, year=1998, title=NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe, author=Terence Dickinson, page=76, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BaMBgoKPmjAC&pg=PA76
    • , passage=Orthos are excellent eyepieces, still preferred by some backyard astronomers for medium- and high-power applications, especially planetary observing. }}
  • (photography, dated) An orthochromatic plate
  • *{{quote-journal, journal=Photographic Times, year=1908, page=174, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=OXIAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA174, title=On the Use of Orthochromatic Plates, author=Charles F. Rice, date=June
    • , passage=Wherever the exposure is likely to be cut short— and this includes all high speed work and most portraiture — the ortho is not so suitable as the ordinary plate.}}
  • (imaging) An orthophoto
  • *{{quote-book, year=2001, author=Drew Decker, title=GIS Data Sources, page=105, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=tVmtbJ9QRxEC&pg=PA105&
    • , passage=The typical orthophoto building process is a long one, however, and the photography that the orthos are based may be several years old before an orthophoto is ready for distribution.}}

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