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Orthogonal   /ɔrθˈɔgənəl/   Listen
Orthogonal

adjective
1.
Not pertinent to the matter under consideration.  Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent.  "The price was immaterial" , "Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
2.
Statistically unrelated.
3.
Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.  Synonym: rectangular.  "A rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"



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... durable of American textbooks, first published in 1904.[112] In the first edition of this work, acceleration was mentioned only once in passing (on p. 4). Velocities in linkages were determined by orthogonal components transferred from link to link. Instant centers were used only to determine velocities of various points on the same link. Angular velocity ratios were frequently noted. In the third edition, published in 1921, linear and angular accelerations ...
— Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt • Eugene S. Ferguson



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