perpendicular
noun
1 perpendicular
A straight line at right angles to another line.
Dutch: loodlijn, normaal, verticaal
Polish: prostopadła
2 perpendicular
A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting.
synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style.
3 perpendicular
A cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point.
synonym: plumb line.
Dutch: lood, meetlood, richtlood, schietlood
4 perpendicular
An extremely steep face.
adjective
1 perpendicular
Intersecting at or forming right angles.
Roget 216a: orthogonal, perpendicular; rectangular; uncorrelated.
Polish: prostopadły, ortogonalny, perpendykularny
2 perpendicular
At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line:
— Measure the perpendicular height.
synonym: vertical.
Roget 212: vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright; rampant; standing up etc. v.; rectangular, ... show more
Polish: wertykalny, pionowy
3 perpendicular
So steep as to be nearly veritcal.
Moby thesaurus: air line, axis, azimuth circle, beeline, chord, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, erect, great-circle course, normal, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, plumb, plunging, precipitous, radius ... show more.
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