Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

orthogonal

[awr-thog-uh-nl] / ɔrˈθɒg ə nl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

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

In this section, we develop an operation called the cross product, which allows us to find a vector orthogonal to two given vectors.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

From the way we have developed u × v, it should be clear that the cross product is orthogonal to both u and v.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

We may describe, through all the points in an electric field which have the same potential, surfaces called equipotential surfaces, and these will be everywhere perpendicular or orthogonal to the lines of electric force.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various




Vocabulary lists containing orthogonal


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training