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Where does “biorthonormal” come from?

biorthonormal (English) comes from English orthonormal, from English orthogonal, from Middle French orthogonal, from Medieval Latin orthogonalis, from Latin orthogonius, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογώνιος, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

biorthonormal (English): Orthonormal and having elements that are each...

Definitions

  1. Orthonormal and having elements that are each...

Ancestry of “biorthonormal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthonormalOf a set of vectors, both orthogonal and...
2EnglishorthogonalOf two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to...
3Middle Frenchorthogonal—
4Medieval Latinorthogonalisorthogonal
5Latinorthogoniusright-angled; rectangular; orthogonal
6Ancient Greekὀρθογώνιοςright-angled; rectangular
7Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
8Proto-Hellenicortʰwós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
11Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “biorthonormal”

  • biorthonormality
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