orthogonal trajectory

orthogonal trajectory
noun
: a mathematical curve which cuts every curve of a given set at right angles

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Math.
the locus of a point whose path cuts each curve of a family of curves at right angles.
[1810-20]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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