Difference between Rectangular and Orthogonal

What is the difference between Rectangular and Orthogonal?

Rectangular as an adjective is having a shape like a rectangle. while Orthogonal as an adjective is pertaining to right angles; perpendicular (to)

Rectangular

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a shape like a rectangle.

Orthogonal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pertaining to right angles; perpendicular (to)Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.# Of two functions, linearly independent; having a zero inner product.#: The normal vector and tangent vector at a given point are orthogonal.# Of a square matrix that is the inverse of its transpose# Of a linear transformation that preserves anglesstatistically independent, with reference to variatesAble to be treated separately.

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