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orthogonal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • orthogonal adj Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.

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 Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.
  2. adj (maths) Describes two vectors whose inner product is zero, making them perpendicular.
  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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