Definition
orthogonalizes
verb
- to make orthogonal; to transform or adjust (vectors, functions, or data) so that they are mutually perpendicular or independent
Usage: technical; mathematics; linear algebra; signal processing
Examples
- The algorithm orthogonalizes the basis vectors to ensure numerical stability.
- In signal processing, the filter bank orthogonalizes the input signal into independent components.
- The Gram-Schmidt process orthogonalizes a set of linearly independent vectors.
- The software orthogonalizes the feature matrix before applying principal component analysis.
- Engineers orthogonalize the coordinate system to simplify the equations of motion.