Orthogonal

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  • adjective. Relating to or composed of right angles.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to a matrix whose transpose equals its inverse.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a linear transformation that preserves the length of vectors.
  • adjective. Very different or unrelated; sharply divergent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or depending upon the use of right angles.
  • Right-angled.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Right-angled; rectangular.
  • adjective. See under Orthographic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
  • adjective. Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
  • adjective. Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
  • adjective. Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. statistically unrelated
  • adjective. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
  • adjective. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
  • Word Usage
    "Matthew C, the reason they are supposed to be orthogonal is because g is the correlation among all the tests."
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