orthogonal
a. 直角的, 正交的 n. 正交直线, 矩形面
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An orthogonal line.
All of the orthogonals in this painting display an understanding of linear perspective.
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Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
数学The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.
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Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
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Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
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Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
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Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.
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Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
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Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately; of a design, exhibiting consistency and composability.
计算机 工程 数学The content of the message should be orthogonal to the means of its delivery.
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Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
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Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
数学A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
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From Middle French orthogonal, in turn from Medieval Latin orthogōnālis and Latin orthogōnius (“right-angled”), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀρθογώνιος (orthogṓnios, “rectangular”). By surface analysis, ortho- + -gon + -al.
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