English dictionary

perpendicular

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

intersecting at or forming right angles

adj.all

Examples
The axes are perpendicular to each other.

Antonyms oblique

Source: WordNet 3.0
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

adj.all

Examples
Measure the perpendicular height.

Synonyms vertical

Antonyms inclined

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a straight line at right angles to another line

noun.shape

Source: WordNet 3.0
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

noun.cognition

Synonyms english-gothic english-gothic architecture perpendicular style

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

noun.artifact

Synonyms plumb line

Source: WordNet 3.0
an extremely steep face

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.

noun

Source: webster1913