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Meanings of plumb line in anglès
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plom 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.
Sinònims
Examples for "perpendicular"
Examples for "perpendicular"
1
You use the perpendicular pronoun too much and in the wrong places.
2
The typical mound is one which covers the perpendicular burrow in Fig.
3
The wall tapers to the top and is perpendicular towards the reservoir.
4
The almost perpendicular fall of the heavy projectiles produced the desired effect.
5
The upper precipice consisted of cliffs about 140 feet in perpendicular height.
Usage of plumb line in anglès
1
We recorded each area of spatter using a scale and a plumb line.
2
Your rocket leads shot up, and the plumb line dropped one hundred feet.
3
A carpenter appeared with a coiled plumb line and a chunk of chalk.
4
The corpse no longer stirred; the chain was as motionless as a plumb line.
5
Hang a plumb line from the ceiling to mark the border of each wall.
6
The air hung steady and still as a plumb line dropped from the sky.
7
He was letting down a plumb line, checking that the skyscraper was standing straight.
8
True as a plumb line he shot up the ball-once ,twice ,andBerne fouled both-twostrikes.
9
The crystal didn't hang like a plumb line.
10
It is as the builder's line to the foundation; and as the plumb line to the column.
11
This plumb line shoots straight up the perch through thin cracks, stemming corners, wide pods and huecos.
12
Down on the street, cars and trucks crawled eastward through rain as vertical as a plumb line.
13
He entered the data into a laptop computer, then went back to the ABFO ruler and plumb line.
14
The dealer will find that out when you ask him for an easy-running broad-ax or a green-gage plumb line.
15
Right as a plumb line.
16
My right arm hung at my side, pulled as straight as a plumb line by the weight of the gun.
Translations for plumb line
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