orthogonal

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orthogonal Definition

• (s) 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"
• (s) statistically unrelated
• (s) 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"

orthogonal Synonyms

• extraneous
• immaterial
• impertinent
• orthogonal
• rectangular