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Definition of perpendicular

Perpendicular
Perpendicular Per`pen*dic"u*lar, n. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. 2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
Perpendicular
Perpendicular Per`pen*dic"u*lar, a. [L. perpendicularis, perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See Perpendicle, Pension.] 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. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. Perpendicular style (Arch.), 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.

Meaning of perpendicular from wikipedia

- called a foot. The condition of perpendicularity may be represented graphically using the perpendicular symbol, ⟂. Perpendicular intersections can happen between...
- Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed...
- up perpendicular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Perpendicular is the relationship between two lines which meet at a right angle. Perpendicular may...
- bisector. The perpendicular bisector of a line segment is a line which meets the segment at its midpoint perpendicularly. The perpendicular bisector of...
- geometry, the perpendicular distance between two objects is the distance from one to the other, measured along a line that is perpendicular to one or both...
- The perpendicular axis theorem (or plane figure theorem) states that, "The moment of inertia (Iz) of a laminar body about an axis (z) perpendicular to...
- Length between perpendiculars (often abbreviated as p/p, p.p., pp, LPP, LBP or Length BPP) is the length of a ship along the summer load line from the...
- Perpendicular recording (or perpendicular magnetic recording, PMR), also known as conventional magnetic recording (CMR), is a technology for data recording...
- Perpendicular plate can refer to: Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone Perpendicular plate of palatine bone This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- Point Perpendicular is a point at the southern tip of the Beecroft Peninsula and at the northern entry to Jervis Bay, in New South Wales, Australia. It...