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Orthogonal vs Vertical - What's the difference?

orthogonal | vertical |

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

(-)
  • (geometry) Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
  • A chord and the radius that bisects it are orthogonal .
  • (mathematics)
  • # Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
  • The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal .
  • # 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.
  • The content of the message should be orthogonal to the means of its delivery.
  • Of two or more problems or subjects, independent of or irrelevant to each other.
  • Derived terms

    * orthogonality

    See also

    * uncorrelated

    vertical

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • Antonyms

    * horizontal

    Derived terms

    * vertical lips * vertically * vertical smile