rank of a orthogonal matrix

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Is every orthogonal matrix is full rank ?

Is there any specific thorem to answer this question ? I didnt find any

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If $A$ is orthogonal, then $AA^\top = {\rm Id}_n$, so $(\det A)^2 = 1$. In particular, $\det A \neq 0$, so $A$ is non-singular and hence has full rank.

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Another way to think about it is that the rows (or columns if you wish) of an orthogonal matrix are orthogonal. And orthogonal vectors are linearly independent.