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Quick definitions from WordNet (perpendicular)
▸ noun: an extremely steep face
▸ noun: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
▸ noun: a straight line at right angles to another line
▸ noun: 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
▸ adjective: intersecting at or forming right angles ("The axes are perpendicular to each other")
▸ adjective: extremely steep ("The great perpendicular face of the cliff")
▸ adjective: at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line ("Measure the perpendicular height")
▸ Also see perpendiculars
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to perpendicular
▸ Usage examples for perpendicular
▸ Popular adjectives describing perpendicular
▸ Popular nouns described by perpendicular
▸ Words that often appear near perpendicular
▸ Rhymes of perpendicular
▸ Invented words related to perpendicular
▸ noun: an extremely steep face
▸ noun: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
▸ noun: a straight line at right angles to another line
▸ noun: 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
▸ adjective: intersecting at or forming right angles ("The axes are perpendicular to each other")
▸ adjective: extremely steep ("The great perpendicular face of the cliff")
▸ adjective: at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line ("Measure the perpendicular height")
▸ Also see perpendiculars
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to perpendicular
▸ Usage examples for perpendicular
▸ Popular adjectives describing perpendicular
▸ Popular nouns described by perpendicular
▸ Words that often appear near perpendicular
▸ Rhymes of perpendicular
▸ Invented words related to perpendicular