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or·thog·o·nal

(ôr-thŏg′ə-nəl)

adj.

1. Relating to or composed of right angles.

2. Mathematics

a. Of or relating to a matrix whose transpose equals its inverse.

b. Of or relating to a linear transformation that preserves the length of vectors.

3. Very different or unrelated; sharply divergent: "Radical Islamists are ultimately seeking to create something orthogonal to our model of democracy" (Richard A. Clarke).

[From Greek orthogōnios : ortho-, ortho- + gōniā, angle; see genu- in Indo-European roots.]

or·thog′o·nal′i·ty (-năl′ĭ-tē) n.

or·thog′o·nal·ly adv.

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Translations

ortogonalmente

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