perpendicular
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1 perpendicular
A straight line at right angles to another line.
Nederlands: loodlijn, normaal, verticaal
Pools: prostopadła
2 perpendicular
A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting.
synoniemen: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style.
3 perpendicular
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.
synoniem: plumb line.
Nederlands: lood, meetlood, richtlood, schietlood
4 perpendicular
An extremely steep face.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 perpendicular
Intersecting at or forming right angles.
Roget 216a: orthogonal, perpendicular; rectangular; uncorrelated.
Pools: prostopadły, ortogonalny, perpendykularny
2 perpendicular
At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line:
— Measure the perpendicular height.
synoniem: vertical.
Roget 212: vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright; rampant; standing up etc. v.; rectangular, ... meer laten zien
Pools: wertykalny, pionowy
3 perpendicular
So steep as to be nearly veritcal.
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