PERPENDICULAR
\pˌɜːpəndˈɪkjʊlə], \pˌɜːpəndˈɪkjʊlə], \p_ˌɜː_p_ə_n_d_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə]\
Definitions of PERPENDICULAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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a straight line at right angles to another line
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extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
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at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
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a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
By Princeton University
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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
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a straight line at right angles to another line
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extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
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at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
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A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
By Oddity Software
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Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
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A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
By Noah Webster.
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At right angles to a line or surface; upright.
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An upright line; a line at right angles with another.
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Perpendicularity.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Exactly upright: extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth: (geom.) at right angles to a given line or surface.
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A perpendicular line or plane.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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