orthogonal
英[ɔː'θɒg(ə)n(ə)l]
美[ɔr'θɑgənəl]
- adj. [数] 正交的；直角的
- n. 正交直线
英英释意
- 1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
- "an issue extraneous to the debate"
- "the price was immaterial"
- "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
- 2. statistically unrelated
- 3. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles;
- "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"
- "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"