perpendicular

[US]/ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjələ(r)/
[UK]/ˌpɜːrpənˈdɪkjələr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. forming a right angle; being at right angles to a plane or line; vertical

Example Sentences

the handsome Perpendicular church of St Andrew.

draw a line perpendicular to a given line

The plumbline is always perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

dormers and gables that extend perpendicular to the main roofline.

at each division draw a perpendicular representing the surface line.

the wall declines from the perpendicular a little inward.

The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.

guest houses seem to cling by blind faith to the perpendicular hillside.

The shape of cross-section is an ellipse folded in half through one symmetry axis, and the axis keeps perpendicular with pinacoid-view.

On the basis of practical and theoretical analyses, we designed this measuring perpendicular ruler for direct redout.

A uniform magnetic field acts perpendicular to the porous surface which absorbs the micropolar fluids with a suction velocity varying with time.

Results The middle line through ANS and perpendicular to zygomaticofrontal line has less mean of middle structure index and side middle structure index.

nudge An elasmobranch reproductive behavior wherein a male moves the female from the perpendicular to the parallel position by placing his head under and in contact with the female (Ref. 51111).

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