orthogonal

Meanings

Adjective

Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.

Noun

An orthogonal line

Origin

From French orthogonal, from Medieval Latin orthogonalis, from Latin orthogonius ("right-angled").

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