| orthogonal | Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another. Orthogonal projection. See Orthographic. Origin: Cf. F. Orthogonal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| orthogonal arrays | Arrays that are at (approximately) right angles to one another. Confluent fibroblasts often become organised into such arrays, other examples are the packing of collagen fibres in the cornea and cellulose fibrils in the plant cell wall. (18 Nov 1997) |