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| 1. | [ adjective ] not pertinent to the matter under consideration | |
| Synonyms: | extraneous impertinent immaterial | |
| Examples: | "an issue extraneous to the debate" "the price was immaterial" "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" |
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| Related terms: | irrelevant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] statistically unrelated | |
| Related terms: | unrelated | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles | |
| Synonyms: | rectangular | |
| Examples: | "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes" "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system" |
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| Related terms: | perpendicular | |
| Similar spelling: |
orthogonality orthochorea orthicon Ortegon orthoscope |
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