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4 words match “ORTHOGON”

ORTHOGON n.
A rectangular figure.
ORTHOGONAL a.
Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See under Orthographic.
ORTHOGONALLY adv.
Perpendicularly; at right angles; as, a curve cuts a set of curves orthogonally.
ORTHOGRAPHIC; ORTHOGRAPHICAL a.
Of or pertaining to right lines or angles. Orthographic or Orthogonal, projection, that projection which is made by drawing lines, from every point to be projected, perpendicular to the plane of projection. Such a projection of the sphere represents its circles as seen in perspective by an eye supposed to be placed at…