Antonyms for orthogonal
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for orthogonal
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