orthonormal

Blend of orthogonal +‎ normal, equivalent to ortho- +‎ normal.

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orthonormal (not comparable)

1. (functional analysis, geometry, linear algebra) Of a set of vectors, both orthogonal and normalized.
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Lesson 10”, in University College London‎^[1], 6.4 Gram-Schmidt Process, page 2:

     Given a set of linearly independent vectors, it is often useful to convert them into an orthonormal set of vectors.

2. (functional analysis, geometry, linear algebra) Of a linear transformation: that preserves both angles and lengths.

• orthogonal

From ortho- +‎ normal.

orthonormal (feminine orthonormale, masculine plural orthonormaux, feminine plural orthonormales)

1. orthonormal

• orthonormaliser

• “orthonormal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.