Meaning & use
orthogonality
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The quality of being independent of or unrelated to something else, or of intersecting at a right angle.
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The software's design relies on the orthogonality of its modules, so changing one doesn't break another.
In the experiment, researchers checked the orthogonality of the two variables before running the analysis.
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Originally a geometric term for perpendicularity, now widely used in mathematics, statistics, and software design to mean "independence" between elements.
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