Usage of the word "orthogonal" outside of mathematics
Feb 11, 2011 · As Wikipedia says about the derived meanings of orthogonal, they all "evolved from its earlier use in mathematics". In statistics, the meaning of orthogonal as unrelated (or …
What word describes something that can move orthogonally and …
Feb 4, 2015 · 24 Is there a word for the union of orthogonal and diagonal? If used in a sentence: The queen in chess can move ______. And used in another sentence: There are infinitely …
single word requests - X, Y, Z — horizontal, vertical and ...
Jan 31, 2012 · Assuming cartesian, affine, orthogonal coordinate systems wherein axes are perpendicular towards each other and usually parallel to the viewport edges, the planar 2D …
Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal ...
Apr 19, 2014 · This would answer the original title of the question, which only specified synonyms for "horizontal" and "vertical" -- they're all directions. There can be many cells that are …
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Oct 17, 2015 · Would you really expect 'These choices are orthogonal' from a politician? Merriam-W lists the statis usage 5th and last in its pecking order. And the others are strange birds also. …
What is the best word or phrase for expressing that 2 skills are ...
Jul 18, 2017 · The definition of Orthogonal clearly states that there's no relationship between the factors, in any way, other than their orthogonality . Orthogonality pertains more to the context …
What does 'gotcha' mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = …
Hypernym of "pair/dyad", "tetrad", "pentad"
May 16, 2014 · Note that the first element in this sequence is not a pair, but a dyad. (Although this is orthogonal to the question of names for these things.)
"defined by" or "defined as"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jul 11, 2013 · MY main interest is in the mathematical context, where one defines objects by a formula. I can imagine 2 cases : Direct case, "direct definition": The function f is defined by/as …
What is the meaning of "it insists upon itself" when referring the ...
Sep 9, 2024 · The point of the comment rather than the literal meaning is they're drowning and he's critiquing films. Drowning is serious as the water insists upon itself, and he's sharing …