Orthogonal
What does “orthogonal” mean in the context below?
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We can say something like “what happened to the symphony was that Basil Wissink listened to it” if, for example, Basil Wissink is a notorious composition student who likes to mess around with familiar compositions - but this discourse patient effect is ORTHOGONAL to the issue of whether there is a lexical patient relationship. There is not.
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YukiKandaWhat does “orthogonal” mean in the context below?
Essentially, 'at cross purposes': https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%27at+cross+purposes&rlz=1C5CHFA_enJP720JP72
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'Orthogonal' means 'at an angle of 90 degrees'. The word can be used literally: the lines on the grid of a graph are orthogonal, some going up and down, some going left and right
It is possible (but unusual!) to use the word metaphorically, to mean 'going in a different direction'. If you walk east and I walk south, we are walking orthoganally and, very soon, we will be a lon
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