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perpendicular
[ pur-puhn-dik-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- vertical; straight up and down; upright.
Synonyms:
- Geometry. meeting a given line or surface at right angles.
- maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up.
- having a sharp pitch or slope; steep.
- (initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to the last style of English Gothic architecture, prevailing from the late 14th through the early 16th century and characterized by the use of predominantly vertical tracery, an overall linear, shallow effect, and fine intricate stonework.
noun
- a perpendicular line or plane.
- an instrument for indicating the vertical line from any point.
- an upright position.
- a sharply pitched or precipitously steep mountain face.
- moral virtue or uprightness; rectitude.
- Nautical. either of two lines perpendicular to the keel line, base line, or designed water line of a vessel.
perpendicular
/ ˌpɜːpənˌdɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ; ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə /
adjective
- Alsonormal at right angles to a horizontal plane
- denoting, relating to, or having the style of Gothic architecture used in England during the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by tracery having vertical lines, a four-centred arch, and fan vaulting
- upright; vertical
noun
- geometry a line or plane perpendicular to another
- any instrument used for indicating the vertical line through a given point
- mountaineering a nearly vertical face
perpendicular
/ û′pə-ĭ′ə-ə /
Adjective
- Intersecting at or forming a right angle or right angles.
Noun
- A line or plane that is perpendicular to a given line or plane.
Derived Forms
- ˌˈ徱ܱ, adverb
- perpendicularity, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- p·徱u·i·ٲ p·徱u··Ա noun
- p·徱u·· adverb
- ԴDzp··徱u· adjective noun
- ԴDzp··徱u··ly adverb
- ԴDzp··徱u·i·ٲ noun
- ܲp··徱u· adjective
- ܲp··徱u··ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of perpendicular1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of perpendicular1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
ANE generates an electrical voltage in a magnetic metal that is perpendicular to the magnetisation and a temperature gradient.
But, on the day of an equinox, the tilt of Earth's axis is perpendicular to the Sun's rays, producing a nearly equal amount of day and night all over the world.
But someone in L.A. could have felt the “S” wave, in which bedrock oscillates perpendicular to the direction of the propagation of the wave, according to Page.
This braced leg then acted as a pivot for the rest of his body to contort over with his bowling arm up high in his unique 'beyond the perpendicular' style.
She dug a narrow, shallow, 41-foot-long trench in the ground, running perpendicular to the Pacific Ocean, and poured powdered ultramarine pigment into it.
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