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