Perpendicular vs. Orthogonal
Perpendicularadjective
(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).
Perpendicularadjective
Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
Perpendicularnoun
(geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
Perpendicularnoun
A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
Perpendicularadjective
Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
Perpendicularadjective
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
Perpendicularnoun
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
Perpendicularnoun
A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
Perpendicularnoun
a straight line at right angles to another line
Perpendicularnoun
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
Perpendicularnoun
a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
Perpendicularnoun
an extremely steep face
Perpendicularadjective
intersecting at or forming right angles;
Perpendicularadjective
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;
Perpendicularadjective
extremely steep;
Perpendicularadjective
at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface or to the ground
Perpendicularadjective
at an angle of 90° to the ground; vertical
Perpendicularadjective
so steep as to be almost vertical
Perpendicularadjective
denoting the latest stage of English Gothic church architecture, prevalent from the late 14th to mid 16th centuries and characterized by broad arches, elaborate fan vaulting, and large windows with vertical tracery
Perpendicularnoun
a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface
Perpendicularnoun
perpendicular position or direction
Perpendicular
In elementary geometry, the property of being perpendicular (perpendicularity) is the relationship between two lines which meet at a right angle (90 degrees). The property extends to other related geometric objects.
Orthogonaladjective
(geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
Orthogonaladjective
(mathematics)
Orthogonaladjective
Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
Orthogonaladjective
Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
Orthogonaladjective
Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
Orthogonaladjective
Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
Orthogonaladjective
(statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
Orthogonaladjective
(software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
Orthogonaladjective
Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
Orthogonaladjective
Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.
Orthogonaladjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
Orthogonaladjective
statistically unrelated
Orthogonaladjective
having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles;
Orthogonaladjective
of or involving right angles; at right angles.
Orthogonaladjective
(of variates) statistically independent.
Orthogonaladjective
(of an experiment) having variates which can be treated as statistically independent.
