Definitions for orthogonality
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
or•thog•o•nalɔrˈθɒg ə nl(adj.)
Math. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars.
Category: Math
Ref: Also, orthographic. 2
Crystall. referable to a rectangular set of axes.
Category: Crystallography
Origin of orthogonal:
1565–75; obs. orthogon(ium) right triangle
or•thog`o•nal′i•ty(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition(noun)
the relation of opposition between things at right angles
orthogonality(noun)
the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles
Wiktionary
orthogonality(Noun)
the property of being orthogonal
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