ortho-

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1. straight, right, proper
2. (chemistry) Having an extra proportion of water
3. (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in adjacent (1,2) positions (compare meta- and para-)
4. (physics) of any molecule of the form X₂ in which the two nuclei have parallel spin

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