"orthogonality" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: orthogonal + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|orthogonal|ity}} orthogonal + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} orthogonality (uncountable)
  1. (mathematics, statistics, software engineering) The property of being orthogonal. Wikipedia link: orthogonality Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Software engineering, Statistics Related terms: orthodoxy Translations (the property of being orthogonal): ортогона́лност (ortogonálnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ortogonalita [feminine] (Czech), orteco (Esperanto), kohtisuoruus (Finnish), orthogonalité [feminine] (French), Orthogonalität [feminine] (German), ορθογωνιότητα (orthogoniótita) [feminine] (Greek), ortogonalitás (Hungarian), orthogonalitate (Interlingua), ortagánacht [feminine] (Irish), ortogonalità [feminine] (Italian), ortogonalitet (Norwegian), ortogonalność [feminine] (Polish), ortogonalitate [feminine] (Romanian), ортогона́льность (ortogonálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ortogonalnost (Slovene), ortogonalidad [feminine] (Spanish), ortogonalitet (Swedish), ortogonalidad (Tagalog)

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