orthogonal
adjective
1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
Similar word(s): irrelevant, extraneous, immaterial, impertinent
2. statistically unrelated
Similar word(s): unrelated
3. 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
Similar word(s): perpendicular, rectangular
Sentences with orthogonal as an adjective:
- A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
- The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.
- The content of the message should be orthogonal to the means of its delivery.