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orthonormal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:functional analysis) 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. 2025 March 21 (last accessed), “Lesson 10”, in University College London, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2025, 6.4 Gram-Schmidt Process, page 2:
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:functional analysis) Of a linear transformation: that preserves both angles and lengths.

Deriveds

orthonormal function · orthonormalize · orthonormalization · biorthonormal · orthonormality

Relateds

orthogonal

Translations (9)

el ορθοκανονικός (mathematical term) · vi trực chuẩn (mathematical term) · de orthonormal (mathematical term) · sv ortonormal (mathematical term) · fi ortonormaali (mathematical term) · bg ортонормиран (mathematical term) · nl orthonormaal (mathematical term) · sv ortonormerad (mathematical term) · cs ortonormální (mathematical term)