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Meaning of perpendicular
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perpendicular
adj 1: intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are
perpendicular to each other" [ant: {oblique}, {parallel}]
2: 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" [syn: {vertical}, {perpendicular}]
[ant: {horizontal}, {inclined}]
3: extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
n 1: a straight line at right angles to another line
2: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;
characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor)
arch and fan vaulting [syn: {perpendicular}, {perpendicular
style}, {English-Gothic}, {English-Gothic architecture}]
3: 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 [syn: {plumb line},
{perpendicular}]
4: an extremely steep face
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