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orthogonally

orthogonally adverb: in an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles.

Adverb

orthogonally (comparative more orthogonally, superlative most orthogonally)

  1. In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles
    • The number of independent primitive concepts has been minimized in order that the language be easy to describe, to learn, and to implement. On the other hand, these concepts have been applied “orthogonally” in order to maximize the expressive power of the language while trying to avoid deleterious...1968, Adriaan van Wijngaarden et al., Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 68, section 0.1.2, Orthogonal design

Forms of orthogonally

comparativemore orthogonally
superlativemost orthogonally

Origin of orthogonally

From orthogonal + -ly.

Questions about orthogonally

What does orthogonally mean?
Orthogonally means in an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles.
What part of speech is orthogonally?
Orthogonally is an adverb.

Words near orthogonally in the dictionary

  1. orthogonalizations
  2. orthogonalize
  3. orthogonalized
  4. orthogonalizes
  5. orthogonalizing
  6. orthogonally
  7. orthogonals
  8. orthogonia
  9. orthogonial
  10. Orthogonian
  11. Orthogonians

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