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Dictionary definition for: Orthogonal

1. (s) not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate" "the price was immaterial" "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

2. (s) statistically unrelated

3. (s) 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" "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"

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