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[[File:Orthagonality.png|250px|thumb|The line segments AB and CD are orthogonal to each other.]]'''Orthagonalia''' is a festival devoted to the mathematics of orthagonality.
[[File:Orthagonality.png|250px|thumb|The line segments AB and CD are orthogonal to each other.]]'''Orthagonalia''' is a festival devoted to the mathematics of orthagonality.


In [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]], orthogonality is the relation of two lines at right angles to one another (perpendicularity), and the generalization of this relation into n dimensions; and to a variety of mathematical relations thought of as describing non-overlapping, uncorrelated, or independent objects of some kind.
In [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]], orthogonality is the relation of two lines at right angles to one another (perpendicularity), and the generalization of this relation into n dimensions; and to a variety of mathematical relations thought of as describing non-overlapping, uncorrelated, or independent spiritual objects of some kind.


The concept of orthogonality has been broadly celebrated in the mathematics of [[pilgrimage]], as well as in areas such as chemistry and [[poetry]].
The concept of orthogonality has been broadly celebrated in the mathematics of [[pilgrimage]], as well as in areas such as [[engineering (nonfiction)]] and [[poetry]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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* [[Pilgrimage]]
* [[Pilgrimage]]
* [[Poetry]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Engineering (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]



Latest revision as of 15:13, 12 July 2016

The line segments AB and CD are orthogonal to each other.

Orthagonalia is a festival devoted to the mathematics of orthagonality.

In mathematics, orthogonality is the relation of two lines at right angles to one another (perpendicularity), and the generalization of this relation into n dimensions; and to a variety of mathematical relations thought of as describing non-overlapping, uncorrelated, or independent spiritual objects of some kind.

The concept of orthogonality has been broadly celebrated in the mathematics of pilgrimage, as well as in areas such as engineering (nonfiction) and poetry.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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