orthogonal

• Qui se rapporte à des lignes, plans ou surfaces se coupant à angle droit ; utilisé en mathématiques et en informatique pour décrire des notions indépendantes ou sans rapport entre elles.

Relating to or denoting lines, planes, or surfaces that are at right angles to each other; used in mathematics and computing to describe independent or unrelated concepts.

1. C1formal

   Relating to or involving lines, planes, or surfaces that meet at right angles (90 degrees).

   Perpendiculaire, à angle droit

   • The two walls are orthogonal to each other.
   • In a Cartesian coordinate system, the x and y axes are orthogonal.
   • The architect designed the columns to be orthogonal to the floor.

   Synonymesnormalperpendicularrectangularright-angled

2. Statistically independentC2formal

   In statistics, describing variables that are uncorrelated or independent of each other.

   orthogonal (en statistiques)

   • The two factors were found to be orthogonal in the analysis.
   • Orthogonal variables do not influence each other's outcomes.
   • The experiment used orthogonal design to isolate effects.

   Synonymesindependentuncorrelatedunrelated

   Antonymescorrelateddependent

3. Irrelevant or unrelatedC2formal

   Not directly connected to or relevant to the main subject or issue.

   Sans rapport avec le sujet

   • His comment was orthogonal to the discussion at hand.
   • The data point is orthogonal to our research question.
   • That argument is orthogonal to the main problem we are solving.

   Synonymesextraneousimmaterialinapplicableindependentirrelevantperipheraltangentialunconnectedunrelated

   Antonymesapplicableconnectedgermanematerialpertinentrelatedrelevant