orthogonal
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
orthogonal (not comparable)
- (geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
- (mathematics)
- Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
- The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.
- Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
- Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
- Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
- Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.
- Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
- (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
- (software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
- The content of the message should be orthogonal to the means of its delivery.
- Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
- French: orthogonal
- German: rechtwinklig
- Italian: ortogonale
- Portuguese: ortogonal, perpendicular
- Russian: прямоуго́льный
- Spanish: ortogonal
- French: orthogonal
- German: senkrecht, orthogonal
- Russian: ортогона́льный
- Spanish: ortogonal
- French: orthogonal
- Russian: ортогона́льный
- French: indépendant
- Spanish: independiente
orthogonal (plural orthogonals)
- An orthogonal line
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