The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones(noun)
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Use "orthogonalization" in a sentence
"If two variables a and b are highly correlated, orthogonalization would just replace them by something like a+b and a-b."
"I typically used a form of a mofified Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization to implement the GSC and generate the weights – one per element or proxy in this case do a search at the USPTO for “Gerlach, Karl”"