ORTHOGRAPHY (from Gr. Opeoc, correct, right or straight, and yp&cbecv, to write)

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ORTHOGRAPHY (from Gr. Opeoc, correct, right or straight, and yp&cbecv, to write) , spelling which is correct according to accepted use. The word is also applied, in

architecture

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a
master
- MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English
  form
  - FORM (Lat. forma)
  is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)
-builder)

, to the geometrical

elevation

ELEVATION

of a

building

BUILDING

or of any

part

PART

of one in which all the details are shown in correct relative proportion and

drawn

DRAWN

scale

SCALE
SCALE (1) A

. When the

representation

REPRESENTATION

is taken through a

building

BUILDING

it is known as a

section

SECTION
SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

, and when portions of the structure only are

drawn

DRAWN

to a large

scale

SCALE
SCALE (1) A

they are called details.

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