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orthogonal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • orthogonal adj Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.

Senses

orthogonal is used for these senses in English:

  • orthogonal (mathematics)
  • orthogonal Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.

orthogonal — full definition

  1. adj Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
  2. adj Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
  3. adj Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
  4. adj Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.

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