orthogonal
英 [??'θ?g(?)n(?)l]
美[?r'θɑg?n?l]
- adj. [數] 正交的；直角的
- n. 正交直線
英英釋意
- 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"