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Definition of perpendicular
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of perpendicular is as below...
Perpendicular
(a.)
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.
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Deep
::
Deep
(superl.)
Extending
far below the
surface;
of great
perpendicular
dimension
(measured
from the
surface
downward,
and
distinguished
from high, which is
measured
upward);
far to the
bottom;
having
a
certain
depth;
as, a deep sea..
Normal
::
Normal
(a.)
According
to a
square
or rule;
perpendicular;
forming
a right
angle.
Specifically:
Of or
pertaining
to a
normal.
Pole
::
Pole (n.) A point upon the
surface
of a
sphere
equally
distant
from every part of the
circumference
of a great
circle;
or the point in which a
diameter
of the
sphere
perpendicular
to the plane of such
circle
meets the
surface.
Such a point is
called
the pole of that
circle;
as, the pole of the
horizon;
the pole of the
ecliptic;
the pole of a given
meridian..
Wall-sided
::
Wall-sided
(a.)
Having
sides
nearly
perpendicular;
-- said of
certain
vessels
to
distinguish
them from those
having
flaring
sides,
or sides
tumbling
home (see under
Tumble,
v. i.)..
Peritropal
::
Peritropal
(a.)
Having
the axis of the seed
perpendicular
to the axis of the
pericarp
to which it is
attached.
Perpendicularly
::
Perpendicularly
(adv.)
In a
perpendicular
manner;
vertically.
Crotchet
::
Crotchet
(n.) The
arrangement
of a body of
troops,
either
forward
or
rearward,
so as to form a line
nearly
perpendicular
to the
general
line of
battle..
Pale
::
Pale (n.) One of the
greater
ordinaries,
being a broad
perpendicular
stripe
in an
escutcheon,
equally
distant
from the two
edges,
and
occupying
one third of it..
Kathetal
::
Kathetal
(a.)
Making
a right
angle;
perpendicular,
as two lines or two sides of a
triangle,
which
include
a right
angle..
Vertical
::
Vertical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
vertex;
situated
at the
vertex,
or
highest
point;
directly
overhead,
or in the
zenith;
perpendicularly
above one..
Upright
::
Upright
(a.) In an erect
position
or
posture;
perpendicular;
vertical,
or
nearly
vertical;
pointing
upward;
as, an
upright
tree..
Altitude
::
Altitude
(n.) Space
extended
upward;
height;
the
perpendicular
elevation
of an
object
above its
foundation,
above the
ground,
or above a given
level,
or of one
object
above
another;
as, the
altitude
of a
mountain,
or of a bird above the top of a
tree..
Plumb
::
Plumb (v. t.) To
adjust
by a plumb line; to cause to be
perpendicular;
as, to plumb a
building
or a
wall..
Cathetometer
::
Cathetometer
(n.) An
instrument
for the
accurate
measurement
of small
differences
of
height;
esp. of the
differences
in the
height
of the upper
surfaces
of two
columns
of
mercury
or other
fluid,
or of the same
column
at
different
times.
It
consists
of a
telescopic
leveling
apparatus
(d), which
slides
up or down a
perpendicular
metallic
standard
very
finely
graduated
(bb). The
telescope
is
raised
or
depressed
in order to sight the
objects
or
surfaces,
and the
differences
in
vertical
height
are th
Shaft
::
Shaft (n.) A
well-like
excavation
in the
earth,
perpendicular
or
nearly
so, made for
reaching
and
raising
ore, for
raising
water,
etc..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(a.) At right
angles
to a given line or
surface;
as, the line ad is
perpendicular
to the line bc..
Stem
::
Stem (n.) The short
perpendicular
line added to the body of a note; the tail of a
crotchet,
quaver,
semiquaver,
etc..
Plumb
::
Plumb (a.)
Perpendicular;
vertical;
conforming
the
direction
of a line
attached
to a
plumb;
as, the wall is
plumb..
Tail
::
Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs
perpendicularly
upward
or
downward
from the head; the stem.
Normal
::
Normal
(a.) Any
perpendicular.
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