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double refraction
the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions. -
gram-schmidt orthogonalization
a process for constructing an orthogonal basis for a Euclidean space, given any basis for the space. -
normal orthogonal
orthonormal. -
orthogonal trajectory
the locus of a point whose path cuts each curve of a family of curves at right angles. -
orthographic
of or relating to orthography. -
orthographic projection
a two-dimensional graphic representation of an object in which the projecting lines are at right angles to the plane of the projection. Also called orthogonal projection. Compare isometric (def 5).