“…Orthogonality is usually investigated in normalized space defined as a rectangular surface delimited by the first and last retained compound in each dimension, and it may be evaluated mainly through the measure of (1) independence of dimensions, meaning divergence of retention mechanisms through visual comparison of projections of the retention in Cartesian space, − correlation tests, ,,− regression trees, , factor analysis, ,, PCA − ,− or HCA, ,,,, measure of spreading angle, and through the information theory or divergence of stationary phases’ descriptors; ,− (2) spatial spreading of peaks by information theory ,,,,− or system dimensionality; (3) peak capacity; ,,, as well as (4) the part occupied by peaks in separation space (often expressed as percentage). ,,,− …”