Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics, statistics the property of being
orthogonal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles
- noun the relation of opposition between things at right angles
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word orthogonality.
Examples
-
To do so, they will be using the idea of orthogonality, a common mathematical concept, in a new way.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
This is why the idea of orthogonality, popularized by Algol 68, does not live up to its promises: apparently unrelated aspects will produce strange combinations, which the language specification must cover explicitly.
WN.com - Articles related to Mafias expose China's legal woes 2009
-
"In mathematics, the idea of orthogonality is to intercept without disrupting the system as
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
-
An erotic vignette that begins with a discourse on 4th-dimensional geometry, tesseracts, orthogonality, three-dimensional shadows, and so forth.
-
To what extent is all this perfectionistic rigor and orthogonality a reflection of the man himself?
The Best Sports Car, and Why to Skip It Dan Neil 2011
-
How can complexity/orthogonality be minimised through language design?
-
The orthogonality is core to the “Code Division” part of CDMA.
-
The orthogonality is core to the “Code Division” part of CDMA.
-
“I know why vector orthogonality is important to your use of a CDMA cell phone.”
-
“I know why vector orthogonality is important to your use of a CDMA cell phone.”
-
One reason is what he calls “orthogonality” — the notion that intelligence and benevolence are separate traits, and that an A.I. system would not automatically get friendlier as it got smarter.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.