orthogonal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: or=thog=o=nal

CIDE DICTIONARY

orthogonal, a. [Cf. F. orthogonal.].

 Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.  [1913 Webster]

Orthogonal projection. See under Orthographic.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orthogonal, adj. of or involving right angles.

Etymology

F f. orthogone (as ORTHO-, -GON)

THESAURUS

orthogonal

cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diced, foursquare, normal, oblong, orthodiagonal, orthometric, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitous, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, sheer, square, steep, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, tetragonal, tetrahedral, trapezohedral, trapezoid, up-and-down

ROGET THESAURUS

orthogonal

Verticality

N verticality, erectness, perpendicularity, right angle, normal, azimuth circle, wall, precipice, cliff, elevation, erection, square, plumb line, plummet, vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright, rampant, standing up, rectangular, orthogonal, vertically, up, on end, up on end, right on end, a plomb, endwise, one one's legs, at right angles.

Perpendicularity

N perpendicularity, orthogonality, verticality, orthogonal, perpendicular, rectangular, uncorrelated.