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Old 17-Aug-2005, 19:26
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Dear Teacher:

Could you please tell me the meaning of the following sentence?

Aren't this orthogonal to the main point?

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Default Re: orthogonal

It means irrelevant, not related.

Plural: Aren't these (examples, arguments) orthogonal to the main point?
Singular: Isn't this (example, argument) orthogonal to the main point?

Click here: http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/O/orthogonal.html
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