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Grammar : Adj
Spell : awr-thog-uh-nl
Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈθɒg ə nl



Definition of orthogonal

Origin :
  • 1570s, from French orthogonal, from orthogone, from Late Latin orthogonius, from Greek orthogonios "right-angled," from ortho- "straight" (see ortho-) + gonia "angle," related to gony "knee" (see knee (n.)). Related: Orthogonally.
  • As in square : adj four-sided
Example sentences :
  • Velocities in linkages were determined by orthogonal components transferred from link to link.
  • Extract from : « Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt » by Eugene S. Ferguson
  • In the first place, each of these figures may be conceived as an orthogonal projection of a closed plane-faced polyhedron.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The involutes are “orthogonal trajectories” of the tangents to the common evolute.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various

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