Orthogonal vs Vertical - What's the difference?
orthogonal | vertical |
(geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
(mathematics)
# Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
# Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
# Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
# Of grid graphs, board games and polyominoes: vertical or horizontal but not diagonal.
(statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
(software engineering) Of two or more aspects of a problem, able to be treated separately.
Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
A vertical component of a structure.
(marketing) A vertical market.
Along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth.
In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
As adjectives the difference between orthogonal and vertical
is that orthogonal is of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other while vertical is along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth.As a noun vertical is
a vertex or zenith.orthogonal
English
(Orthogonality)Adjective
(-)- A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal .
- The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal .
- The content of the message should be orthogonal to the means of its delivery.
Derived terms
* orthogonalitySee also
* uncorrelatedvertical
English
Noun
(en noun)- We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals .