orrery (n)
1. A clockwork model of the solar system.
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia (n)
1. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
2. A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
1. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
2. A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
Friday, January 19, 2007
orthogonal
orthogonal (adj)
1. (geometry) Pertaining to right angles; perpendicular (to).
(mathematics)
2. Of two functions, linearly independent; having a zero inner product.
3. Of a square matrix that is the inverse of its transpose.
4. Of a linear transformation that preserves angles.
5. (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
6. (software engineering) Able to be treated separately.
1. (geometry) Pertaining to right angles; perpendicular (to).
(mathematics)
2. Of two functions, linearly independent; having a zero inner product.
3. Of a square matrix that is the inverse of its transpose.
4. Of a linear transformation that preserves angles.
5. (statistics) Statistically independent, with reference to variates.
6. (software engineering) Able to be treated separately.
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