orthogonal complement

noun

The set of all vectors which are orthogonal to a given set of vectors.

Meanings

nounorthogonal complement (plural orthogonal complements)

plural orthogonal complements

  1. functional analysislinear algebraThe set of all vectors which are orthogonal to a given set of vectors.
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