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Used to determine the vertical from a given point
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perpendicular
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Word definitions for perpendicular in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Perpendicular may refer to: Perpendicular , in mathematics two lines at right angles Perpendicular axis theorem Perpendicular Period , style and period of mediaeval English Gothic architecture Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone Perpendicular plate of palatine ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from adverb (late 14c.), from Old French perpendiculer , from Latin perpendicularis "vertical, as a plumb line," from perpendiculum "plumb line," from perpendere "balance carefully," from per- "thoroughly" (see per ) + pendere "to weigh, to hang" ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context geometry English) At or forming a right angle (to). n. 1 (context geometry English) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another. 2 A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a straight line at right angles to another line a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting [syn: perpendicular style , English-Gothic , English-Gothic architecture ...
Usage examples of perpendicular.
He let them sail through the gate with their bodies parallel to its surface so that they arrived in External Hall perpendicular to the floor, where he easily brought them to a standing stop.
This they did at great risk on the perpendicular wall of the wreck, sending the mizzentopmast overside along in the general crash.
Instead of picturing to ourselves, as is usually done, light-rays which are shifted away from or towards the perpendicular at the border-plane between two media of different optical properties, we shall rather build up the picture as light itself designs it into space.
At this point indicated on the planisphere one of these currents was rolling, the Kuro-Scivo of the Japanese, the Black River, which, leaving the Gulf of Bengal, where it is warmed by the perpendicular rays of a tropical sun, crosses the Straits of Malacca along the coast of Asia, turns into the North Pacific to the Aleutian Islands, carrying with it trunks of camphor-trees and other indigenous productions, and edging the waves of the ocean with the pure indigo of its warm water.
He jumped to his feet and strode to the closet door, drawing it open so that it stood perpendicular to the wall.
France have made it no secret that those of England, as a general thing, are to their perception an inexpressive and speechless race, perpendicular and unsociable, unaddicted to enriching any bareness of contact with verbal or other embroidery.
After 3 additional hours terminal portion deflected at right angles from the perpendicular.
They act to some extent as suckers, and enable the anolis to climb the perpendicular faces of rocks, or even to hang from the under side of a branch.
When Bodhi turned back to the gate, it was like looking at a rippling pool that was somehow standing perpendicular to the ground.
Brim immediately hauled the little starship around on a low-altitude trajectory perpendicular to the cableway, watching the lorry speed away in the distance.
She fumbled at the chairs control, eventually coming perpendicular to local conditions.
It was also like this chart and other charts of the period in being all marked with lines perpendicular and across.
The first trouble was a chockstone, which I managed to climb round, and then the confounded thing widened and became perpendicular.
Glaisher, and in a lesser degree upon Coxwell, when, in 1862, they ascended in a balloon to the height of thirty thousand feet, was due to the extreme speed with which a perpendicular ascent is made.
Glaisher, and in a lesser degree upon Coxwell, when, in 1862, they ascended in a balloon to a height of thirty thousand feet, was due to the extreme speed with which a perpendicular ascent is made.