Definition of Orthodromics. Meaning of Orthodromics. Synonyms of Orthodromics

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Definition of Orthodromics

Orthodromics
Orthodromics Or`tho*drom"ics, n. The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy.
Orthodromic
Orthodromic Or`tho*drom"ic, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? to run.] Of or pertaining to orthodromy.

Meaning of Orthodromics from wikipedia

- An orthodromic impulse runs along an axon in its anterograde direction, away from the soma. In the heart, orthodromic may also refer to an impulse going...
- Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Gr**** ορθός (orthós) 'right angle', and δρόμος (drómos) 'path')...
- The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance along a great circle. It is the shortest distance between two points...
- Marine navigation is the art and science of steering a ship from a starting point (sailing) to a destination, efficiently and responsibly. It is an art...
- all meridians of longitude and must cross the Equator.... The shortest orthodromic track of the vessel must be at least 21,600 nautical miles". Officially...
- antidromic impulse in an axon refers to conduction opposite of the normal (orthodromic) direction. That is, it refers to conduction along the axon away from...
- requires an accessory pathway for its maintenance. AVRT may involve orthodromic conduction (where the impulse travels down the AV node to the ventricles...
- accessory pathway, the bundle of Kent crossing the AV valvular ring. In orthodromic AVRT, atrial impulses are conducted down through the AV node and retrogradely...
- and thus the continuation of the orthodromic impulse towards innervated muscle fibers. This successive orthodromic stimulus then evokes a smaller po****tion...
- arrhythmias, particularly atrial flutter, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia and orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia. It can also evaluate the risk...