ALL meanings of perpendicular
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P p - adjective perpendicular right-angled 1
- noun perpendicular line 1
- abbreviation PERPENDICULAR position 1
- adjective perpendicular vertical; straight up and down; upright. 1
- adjective perpendicular Geometry. meeting a given line or surface at right angles. 1
- adjective perpendicular maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up. 1
- adjective perpendicular having a sharp pitch or slope; steep. 1
- adjective perpendicular (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. 1
- noun perpendicular a perpendicular line or plane. 1
- noun perpendicular an instrument for indicating the vertical line from any point. 1
- noun perpendicular an upright position. 1
- noun perpendicular a sharply pitched or precipitously steep mountain face. 1
- noun perpendicular moral virtue or uprightness; rectitude. 1
- noun perpendicular Nautical. either of two lines perpendicular to the keel line, base line, or designed water line of a vessel. 1
- adjective perpendicular A perpendicular line or surface points straight up, rather than being sloping or horizontal. 0
- adjective perpendicular If one thing is perpendicular to another, it is at an angle of 90 degrees to it. 0
- adjective perpendicular at right angles to a horizontal plane 0
- adjective perpendicular 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 0
- adjective perpendicular upright; vertical 0
- noun perpendicular a line or plane perpendicular to another 0
- noun perpendicular any instrument used for indicating the vertical line through a given point 0
- noun perpendicular a nearly vertical face 0
- adjective perpendicular at right angles to a given plane or line 0
- adjective perpendicular exactly upright; vertical; straight up or down 0
- adjective perpendicular very steep 0
- adjective perpendicular of or designating the third and latest style of English Gothic architecture of the 14th to the 16th cent., characterized by vertical lines in its tracery 0
- noun perpendicular a device used in finding or marking the vertical line from any point 0
- noun perpendicular a line at right angles to the plane of the horizon 0
- noun perpendicular a line or plane at right angles to another line or plane 0
- noun perpendicular a perpendicular or upright position 0