orthogonal

Questions about orthogonal

What does orthogonal mean?

orthogonal means "not pertinent to the matter under consideration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in orthogonal?

orthogonal has 4 syllables: or-tho-go-nal. The stress falls on "tho". In IPA it is /ɔɹˈθɔɡənəl/.

What is another word for orthogonal?

Close synonyms include extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, rectangular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is orthogonal a common word?

orthogonal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.