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Ortho-normal

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🎧 Podcast 1 — Introduction

Orthonormal

Adjective · /ˌɔː.θəʊˈnɔː.məl/ · both orthogonal and normalised

Definition
In mathematics and data science: a set of vectors that are mutually orthogonal (at right angles, dot product zero) and each individually normalised to unit length (magnitude of one).
Origin
From Greek orthos (straight, correct) + Latin normalis (made according to a carpenter's square). The compound emerged in 20th-century functional analysis and linear algebra.
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🎧 Podcast 2 — Daily Use

Orthonormal in Conversation

Two British speakers · Real technical dialogue

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⚙ Podcast 3 — Prompt Engineering

Orthonormal — AI Prompts

Copyable prompt cards · Google UK English voices

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