The radical of a bilinear form is the orthogonal complement of the whole space: the set of vectors orthogonal to everything.
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A bilinear form is nondegenerate (in Garrett's sense) when its radical is the zero subspace.
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The isometry group of a bilinear form B: linear automorphisms g of V
satisfying B (g v₁) (g v₂) = B v₁ v₂ for all v₁, v₂.
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The similitude group of a bilinear form B: linear automorphisms scaling B
by some unit ν, i.e. B (g v₁) (g v₂) = ν * B v₁ v₂.
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The orthogonal group of a symmetric bilinear form: the isometry group of B.
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The symplectic group of an alternating bilinear form: the isometry group of B.
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The orthogonal similitude group: similitudes of a symmetric bilinear form.
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The symplectic similitude group: similitudes of an alternating bilinear form.