English to English
adjective
- Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- not pertinent to the matter under consideration
An issue extraneous to the debate.
The price was immaterial.
Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point.
source: WordNet 3.0
- statistically unrelated
source: WordNet 3.0
- having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
Wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes.
A rectangular Cartesian coordinate system.
source: WordNet 3.0
