AtD p. 843 mosqueless...orthogonal....Northerly

[Mark Kohut]

p. 843 the mosqueless idea of a city . . . orthogonal......
ORTHOGONAL
ADJECTIVE: 
Relating to or composed of right angles. 
Mathematics 
Of or relating to a matrix whose transpose equals its inverse. 
Of or relating to a linear transformation that preserves the length of vectors. 
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Cf. Right angles leading to the killing floor.....Cartesian grid of Chicago....
This is a book-length trope, extended metaphor....
Orthogonal replaces mosques.....
When the Young Turks abandon the mosque as the center of civic life, they must adopt the European model with streets meeting at right angles.
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  Notice Danilo says "Northern people will feel
right at home"....North is negative in TRPs vision.....see GR everywhere.
   
  Usage 1551 : Hamlet 5.2 Hamlet: "No, believe me, 'tis very cold. The wind is northerly."
1 : situated toward or belonging to the north <the northerly border> 
2 : coming from the north <a northerly wind> 


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