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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•thog•o•nal (ôr thog′ə nl),USA pronunciation adj. - [Math.]
- MathematicsAlso, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars:an orthogonal projection.
- Mathematics(of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero.
- Mathematics(of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero.
- Mathematics(of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero.
- Mathematics(of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector.
- Mathematics(of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- Crystallographyreferable to a rectangular set of axes.
- Greek orthogó̄nion (neuter) right-angled, equivalent. to ortho- ortho- + -gōnion -gon) + -al1
- Late Latin orthogōnium
- obsolete orthogon(ium) right triangle (1565–75
or•thog′o•nal′i•ty, n. or•thog′o•nal•ly, adv. |