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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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Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(n.) A line or plane
falling
at right
angles
on
another
line or
surface,
or
making
equal
angles
with it on each
side..
Depth
::
Depth (n.) The
quality
of being deep;
deepness;
perpendicular
measurement
downward
from the
surface,
or
horizontal
measurement
backward
from the
front;
as, the depth of a
river;
the depth of a body of
troops..
Cathetus
::
Cathetus
(n.) One line or
radius
falling
perpendicularly
on
another;
as, the
catheti
of a
right-angled
triangle,
that is, the two sides that
include
the right
angle..
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..
Scarp
::
Scarp (v. t.) To cut down
perpendicularly,
or
nearly
so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a
rock..
Palewise
::
Palewise
(adv.)
In the
manner
of a pale or
pales;
by
perpendicular
lines or
divisions;
as, to
divide
an
escutcheon
palewise..
Erect
::
Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an
upright
or
perpendicular
position;
to set
upright;
to
raise;
as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff,
a
monument,
etc..
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..
Peritropal
::
Peritropal
(a.)
Having
the axis of the seed
perpendicular
to the axis of the
pericarp
to which it is
attached.
Plump
::
Plump (a. & v.)
Directly;
suddenly;
perpendicularly.
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..
Palet
::
Palet (n.) A
perpendicular
band upon an
escutcheon,
one half the
breadth
of the
pale..
Zone
::
Zone (n.) The
portion
of the
surface
of a
sphere
included
between
two
parallel
planes;
the
portion
of a
surface
of
revolution
included
between
two
planes
perpendicular
to the axis.
Cross-garnet
::
Cross-garnet
(n.) A hinge
having
one strap
perpendicular
and the other strap
horizontal
giving
it the form of an
Egyptian
or T
cross.
Column
::
Column
(n.) A
perpendicular
set of
lines,
not
extending
across
the page, and
separated
from other
matter
by a rule or blank
space;
as, a
column
in a
newspaper..
Vane
::
Vane (n.) A
contrivance
attached
to some
elevated
object
for the
purpose
of
showing
which way the wind
blows;
a
weathercock.
It is
usually
a plate or strip of
metal,
or slip of wood, often cut into some
fanciful
form, and
placed
upon a
perpendicular
axis
around
which it moves
freely..
Kilting
::
Kilting
(n.) A
perpendicular
arrangement
of flat,
single
plaits,
each plait being
folded
so as to cover half the
breadth
of the
preceding
one..
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
Gnomon
::
Gnomon
(n.) A style or
column
erected
perpendicularly
to the
horizon,
formerly
used in
astronomocal
observations.
Its
principal
use was to find the
altitude
of the sun by
measuring
the
length
of its
shadow..
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