If real $Q$ has orthonormal columns, $\|Qx\|^2=x^TQ^TQx=x^Tx=\|x\|^2$. Thus it preserves lengths of domain vectors, even when rectangular. Over $\mathbb C$, the same statement holds with $Q^*Q=I$.
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