(geometry) A right-angle triangle. / (geometry) A rectangular figure.

(geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other. / Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.

An orthogonal line

(mathematics) The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones. / (colloquial) the process of splitting a problem or system into its distinct components.

plural of orthogon

In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles

(mathematics, statistics, software engineering) The property of being orthogonal.

plural of orthogonality

(transitive) To make orthogonal.

simple past tense and past participle of orthogonalize