An orthogonal pair of polarized filters put together will block all light, but put a third one between them at a diagonal angle and some light will pass through.
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Orthogonal
/ɔːˈθɒɡ.ə.nəl/
Synonyms for "orthogonal" (56 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
normal force amountperpendicularperpendicular alignmentperpendicular reactionperpendicular reaction magnitude
Noun(4 words)
normal force conceptnormal forcesperpendicular forceperpendicular to surface
Related words (28)
plungingprecipitousquadrangularquadratequadriformquadrilateralrectangularrhombicrhomboidright-angleright-angledright-angularsheersquaresteepstraight-upstraight-up-and-downtetragonaltetrahedraltrapezohedral
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trapezoidup-and-down
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(3 words)
surface normalsurface normal forceunrelated parts
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9 entriesindependent moduleloose couplingmodular componentnormal vectororthogonal contrastorthogonal designperpendicular lineperpendicular planeuncorrelated variable
Collocations
6 entriesorthogonal basisorthogonal decompositionorthogonal designorthogonal matrixorthogonal projectionorthogonal vector
Inflections
2 entriesmore orthogonalmost orthogonal
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- ortogonal adj (mathematical term)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 正交的 adj (mathematical term)
Czech
1 entries- kolmý adj (mathematical term)
Dutch
1 entries- orthogonaal adj (mathematical term)
Finnish
1 entries- ortogonaalinen adj (mathematical term)
French
1 entries- orthogonal adj (mathematical term)
Georgian
1 entries- მართკუთხა adj (mathematical term)
German
2 entries- orthogonal adj (mathematical term)
- senkrecht adj (mathematical term)
Hungarian
1 entries- ortogonális adj (mathematical term)
Irish
2 entries- ingearach adj (mathematical term)
- ortagánach adj (mathematical term)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ortogonal adj (mathematical term)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ortogonal adj (mathematical term)
Polish
2 entries- ortogonalny adj (mathematical term)
- prostopadły adj (mathematical term)
Russian
1 entries- ортогона́льный adj (mathematical term)
Spanish
1 entries- ortogonal adj (mathematical term)
Swedish
1 entries- ortogonal adj (mathematical term)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Prove that straight line AB is orthogonal to straight line DC.
Source: tatoeba (13074405)
These two lines are orthogonal.
Source: tatoeba (13074407)
A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal.
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