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orthogonal in Chinese

orthogonal in Chinese is 自主 — orthogonal means describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.

orthogonal in Chinese

自主
adj
Pronounced: zì zhǔ
(software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.

What does "orthogonal" mean?

  1. adj Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.
    "A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal."
  2. adj (maths) Describes two vectors whose inner product is zero, making them perpendicular.
    "The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal."
  3. adj (maths) Describes a square matrix whose transpose is the same as its inverse.
  4. adj (maths) Describes a linear transformation that leaves angles unchanged.
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orthogonal in a sentence

  • A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
  • Even in a geostate, some people are willing to fight and die for their views, but the institutional change to a polystate seems somewhat orthogonal to such issues.
  • The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.

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What is "orthogonal" in Chinese?
"orthogonal" in Chinese is 自主. orthogonal means: Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.
How do you pronounce 自主?
"orthogonal" in Chinese is 自主, pronounced "zì zhǔ".
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