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orthonormal

[ awr-thuh-nawr-muhl ]

adjective

, Mathematics.
  1. (of a system of functions) normal; normalized.
  2. (of a set of vectors) having the properties that any two vectors are perpendicular and that each vector has a length of one unit.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of orthonormal1

First recorded in 1930–35; ortho- + normal

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