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Orthometric vs Orthogonal - What's the difference?

orthometric | orthogonal |

As adjectives the difference between orthometric and orthogonal

is that orthometric is having axes at right angles while orthogonal is of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.

orthometric

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (crystallography) having axes at right angles
  • (surveying) being corrected for the curvature of the Earth
  • 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