What is the meaning of orthogonal?

adjective

  • Not pertinent to the matter under consideration.
    • usage: "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
  • Statistically unrelated.
  • Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.
    • usage: "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
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