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orthogonal

[awr-thog-uh-nl] / ɔrˈθɒg ə nl /


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The "treadmill" also employed two high-speed orthogonal cameras to capture unique locomotion features -- one a side view, the other from the bottom.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 2024

The technical term for each cherry red form is an orthotope, defined as “the Cartesian product of orthogonal intervals known as a hyperrectangle, sometimes called a parallelotope.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2022

Figure 2.56 The cross products u × v and v × u are both orthogonal to u and v, but in opposite directions.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

We have seen how to use the triple scalar product and how to find a vector orthogonal to a plane.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Also used in comments on human discourse: "This may be orthogonal to the discussion, but...."

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele




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