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 Definitions of perpendicular  [ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lər]  

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Definition of 'perpendicular' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) perpendicular
vertical; straight up and down; upright.

2.  perpendicular
meeting a given line or surface at right angles.

3.  perpendicular
maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up.

4.  perpendicular
having a sharp pitch or slope; steep.

5.  perpendicular
(cap.) of or pertaining to the last phase of English Gothic architecture, prevailing from the late 14th to early 16th century, characterized by predominantly vertical tracery and the use of the fan vault.

6. (n.) perpendicular
a perpendicular line, plane, or position.

7.  perpendicular
an instrument for indicating the vertical line from any point.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME perpendiculer(e) < (AF, OF) < L perpendiculāris vertical =perpendicul(um) plumb line (see perpend2, -i -, -cule2) +-āris -ar1)

Definition of 'perpendicular' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) perpendicular
a straight line at right angles to another line

2. (noun) perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

3. (noun) plumb line, 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

4. (adj) perpendicular
an extremely steep face

5. (adj) perpendicular
intersecting at or forming right angles
"the axes are perpendicular to each other"

6. (adj) vertical, perpendicular
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
"a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

7. (adj) perpendicular
extremely steep
"the great perpendicular face of the cliff"


Definition of 'perpendicular' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) perpendicular
exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth

2. (adj) perpendicular
at right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc

3. (noun) perpendicular
a line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction

4. (noun) perpendicular
a line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side


Translation of 'perpendicular' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: standing, rising etc straight upwards; vertical
a perpendicular cliff.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vertikaal Arabic flag Arabic: عَمودي، مُتَعامِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отвесен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: perpendicular Czech flag Czech: svislý; srázný German flag German: senkrecht
Danish flag Danish: lodret Greek flag Greek: κάθετος Spanish flag Spanish: perpendicular
Estonian flag Estonian: ristloodis Farsi flag Farsi: عمود؛ راست Finnish flag Finnish: pystysuora
French flag French: perpendiculaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְאוּנָך Hindi flag Hindi: अभिलम्ब, लंब
Croatian flag Croatian: okomit, strm Hungarian flag Hungarian: függőleges; merőleges Indonesian flag Indonesian: tegak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lóðréttur Italian flag Italian: perpendicolare Japanese flag Japanese: 垂直の
Korean flag Korean: 수직의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: statmenas Latvian flag Latvian: perpendikulārs, vertikāls
Malay flag Malay: tegak Dutch flag Dutch: loodrecht Norwegian flag Norwegian: loddrett
Polish flag Polish: prostopadły Persian flag Persian: عمود؛ راست Pashto flag Pashto: تيك، نيغ، لك، عمودي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: perpendicular Romanian flag Romanian: vertical Russian flag Russian: вертикальный; крутой
Slovak flag Slovak: zvislý; strmý Slovenian flag Slovenian: navpičen Serbian flag Serbian: uspravan
Swedish flag Swedish: lodrät, vertikal Thai flag Thai: ตั้งฉาก Turkish flag Turkish: dikey
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 垂直的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: перпендикулярний Urdu flag Urdu: سيدھا، عمودي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thẳng đứng; dốc đứng Chinese flag Chinese: 垂直的

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