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perpendiculars
n. (plural of perpendicular English)
Usage examples of "perpendiculars".
A human life cannot be graphed, whatever people may say, by two virtual perpendiculars, representing what a man believed himself to be and what he wished to be, plus a flat horizontal for what he actually was.
The lengths of these three perpendiculars can be determined by a series of manipulations with rigid measuring-rods performed according to the rules and methods laid down by Euclidean geometry.
It did not seem to have any straight lines or perpendiculars or right angles to it.
Far off to the left, at the very limit of vision, the vague perpendiculars of a city rose up.