verb
- past tense of orthogonalize; to transform or adjust (vectors, functions, or data) so that they are mutually perpendicular or independent
Usage: technical; mathematics and physics; commonly used in linear algebra, signal processing, and statistics
Examples
- The researchers orthogonalized the basis vectors to simplify the calculation.
- In the experiment, the team orthogonalized the input signals to reduce noise.
- The Gram-Schmidt process orthogonalized the set of linearly independent vectors.
- After the data was orthogonalized, the statistical analysis became more straightforward.
- The engineer orthogonalized the coordinate system to align with the principal axes of the structure.