orthonormal

adj

Etymology

Blend of orthogonal + normal, equivalent to ortho- + normal.

  1. derived from normālis
  2. compounded as orthonormal — “orthogonal + normal

Definitions

  1. Of a set of vectors, both orthogonal and normalized.

    • Given a set of linearly independent vectors, it is often useful to convert them into an orthonormal set of vectors.
  2. Of a linear transformation

    Of a linear transformation: that preserves both angles and lengths.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orthonormal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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