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Orthogonal

Right-angled; rectangular; as, an orthogonal intersection of one curve with another.

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Perpendicular 84% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Perpendicular 84% connected

Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the…

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Extraneous 92% connected

Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous ma…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immaterial 92% connected

Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

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Impertinent 92% connected

Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

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Rectangular 92% connected

Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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