Editing Orthogonal

In the domain of Dwarf Fortress, '''orthogonal''', or '''orthogonally''', is a fancy word used to mean "not diagonally". It's shorthand for "East-West, North-South" or "up or down or left or right". 

This concept is important in many aspects of [[construction]], fluid [[pressure]], and other areas. Especially in [[tower|above-ground construction]], where a tile not connected orthogonally to something either cannot be built, or will collapse.

Each of the tiles marked 'o' is orthogonally adjacent to the X. The tiles marked with periods are not.
 .o.
 oXo
 .o.


These X's are all connected orthogonally:
 XXXXXX   XXX
    X     X
    XXXXXXX


These X's are not--some connections are diagonal:
 XXX XX    XX
   XX     X
     XXXXXX

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-'''Orthogonal''', or '''orthogonally''', is a technical word used to mean "not diagonally". It's shorthand for "East-West or North-South" or ''(for 2 dimensions)'' "up or down or left or right".
+In the domain of Dwarf Fortress, '''orthogonal''', or '''orthogonally''', is a fancy word used to mean "not diagonally". It's shorthand for "East-West, North-South" or "up or down or left or right".
-    ''Diagram 1:''<br />
+This concept is important in many aspects of [[construction]], fluid [[pressure]], and other areas. Especially in [[tower|above-ground construction]], where a tile not connected orthogonally to something either cannot be built, or will collapse.
-     xox
-     oCo
-     xox
-:* The center tile, C, is orthogonal to the four o tiles.<br />
-:* Each o tile is orthogonal to the center C tile, plus two x tiles.<br />
-:* The x tiles are all orthogonal to two o tiles.<br />
-:* No o tiles are orthogonal to each other, nor are any x tiles orthogonal to each other or the C tile.
+Each of the tiles marked 'o' is orthogonally adjacent to the X. The tiles marked with periods are not.
+ .o.
+ oXo
+ .o.
-In the domain of Dwarf Fortress, this concept is crucial in many aspects of [[construction]], fluid [[pressure]], and other areas. Especially in [[tower|above-ground construction]], where a tile not connected orthogonally to something either cannot be built, or will [[collapse]].
-These █'s are all connected orthogonally to at least 1 other █. If this was constructed walls or flooring, it would hold up:
+These X's are all connected orthogonally:
+ XXXXXX   XXX
+    X     X
+    XXXXXXX
-   ██████   ███
-     ██     █
-      ███████
+These X's are not--some connections are diagonal:
-These █'s are ''not'' all connected orthogonally to another █ - some connections are only diagonal. If this was constructed walls or flooring, some parts would [[collapse]], or not be legal to construct:
+ XXX XX    XX
+    XX     X
-    ███ ██    ██
+      XXXXXX
-      ██     █
-       ██████
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