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Meanings of perpendicular in English

Catalan
perpendicular

A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting.

        perpendicular
        Portuguese
        perpendicular
        Catalan
        vertical
        Spanish
        vertical

        At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.

            Related terms
            perpendicular
            Portuguese
            perpendicular
            Catalan
            normal
            Spanish
            normal

            Intersecting at or forming right angles.

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                  perpendicular
                  Catalan
                  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.

                        plom
                        Usage of perpendicular in English
                        1
                        You use the perpendicular pronoun too much and in the wrong places.
                        Masters of Space
                        2
                        The typical mound is one which covers the perpendicular burrow in Fig.
                        Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884
                        3
                        The wall tapers to the top and is perpendicular towards the reservoir.
                        Chatterbox, 1906
                        4
                        The almost perpendicular fall of the heavy projectiles produced the desired effect.
                        Representative Men: Seven Lectures
                        5
                        The upper precipice consisted of cliffs about 140 feet in perpendicular height.
                        Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume...
                        6
                        The banks of the river suddenly acquired a perpendicular and water-worn appearance.
                        Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume...
                        7
                        Your foot and front points should now be perpendicular to the ice.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        8
                        When the needle was faced to the west it hung nearly perpendicular.
                        The Journey to the Polar Sea
                        9
                        The panel must be perpendicular to the sunlight to generate full power.
                        Wired
                        10
                        It faces the south, and the ground line is perpendicular to Broadway.
                        The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
                        11
                        It falls fifty or sixty feet perpendicular, and the noise is terrible.
                        Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
                        12
                        Bend the left knee and raise that shin perpendicular to the floor.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        13
                        Then I walked it again, my second grid perpendicular to the first.
                        Grave Secrets
                        14
                        Normally, I would set up the camera perpendicular to the ball's motion.
                        Wired
                        15
                        By contrast, this helix adopts a perpendicular orientation in the truncated protein.
                        Pubmed
                        16
                        The ship came about to a heading perpendicular to the contact's bearing.
                        To Honor You Call Us
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                        Translations for perpendicular
                        Perpendicular through the time
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                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
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