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ORTHOGONAL

Definition:

[adjective] not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
Synonyms: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent
[adjective] statistically unrelated
[adjective] having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
Synonyms: rectangular