orthogonal
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ɔːˈθɒɡ.ə.nəl/
美 /ɔɹˈθɑ.ɡə.nəl/|/oːˈθɔɡ.ə.nəl/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An orthogonal line.
— All of the orthogonals in this painting display an understanding of linear perspective.
形容词 adj.
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Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
— A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
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Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
— The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.
- Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
- Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
- Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
- Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.
- 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.
— 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.
— Even in a geostate, some people are willing to fight and die for their views, but the institutional change to a polystate seems somewhat orthogonal to such issues.
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词源 1
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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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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