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No, in fact my coworkers and I use the term "orthogonal", which is synonymous with perpendicular, to mean two uncorrelated things. It's a statistics term.
by georgeburdell 8y ago
No, in fact my coworkers and I use the term "orthogonal", which is synonymous with perpendicular, to mean two uncorrelated things. It's a statistics term.
- xapata 8y agoOrthogonal is from linear algebra or geometry, a generalization of perpendicular. Perpendicular implies only two dimensions. I'd expect George P. to remember that from the dozens of PhDs.
- georgeburdell 8y ago"Synonymous" doesn't have a logically descriptive definition, but it's definitely not the same as saying "identical". OP was flat out trying to use perpendicular to mean something that doesn't make sense based on its typical usage.
- ethbro 8y agoOne of the funnier random comments I've ever read on HN.