Lexic.us

Definition of Perpendicular

1. Adjective. Intersecting at or forming right angles. "The axes are perpendicular to each other"

2. Noun. A straight line at right angles to another line.

3. Adjective. At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line. "Measure the perpendicular height"

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

5. Adjective. Extremely steep. "The great perpendicular face of the cliff"

6. 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.

7. Noun. An extremely steep face.

Definition of Perpendicular

1. a. 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.

2. n. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.

Definition of Perpendicular

1. Adjective. (architecture) Of a style of English Gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. ¹

2. Adjective. (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to). ¹

3. Noun. (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another. ¹

4. Noun. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perpendicular

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Medical Definition of Perpendicular

1. 1. 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. 2. at right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. Perpendicular style, a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions. Origin: L. Perpendicularis, perpendicularius: cf. F. Perpendiculaire. See Perpendicle, Pension. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. 2. A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpendicular

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