perpendicularity

Roget category 216a

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#216a. Perpendicularity

noun

perpendicularity, orthogonality — verticality, etc. 212.

verb

be perpendicular, be orthogonal — intersect at right angles, be rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at 90 degrees — have no correlation.

adjective

orthogonal, perpendicular — rectangular — uncorrelated.

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