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Definition of perpendicular
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Perpendicular
(n.) A line at right
angles
to the plane of the
horizon;
a
vertical
line or
direction.
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Downright
::
Downright
(adv.)
Straight
down;
perpendicularly.
Orthognathous
::
Orthognathous
(a.)
Having
the front of the head, or the
skull,
nearly
perpendicular,
not
retreating
backwards
above the jaws; --
opposed
to
prognathous.
See
Gnathic
index,
under
Gnathic..
Sine
::
Sine (n.) The
length
of a
perpendicular
drawn from one
extremity
of an arc of a
circle
to the
diameter
drawn
through
the other
extremity.
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.
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
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..
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.
Orthocenter
::
Orthocenter
(n.) That point in which the three
perpendiculars
let fall from the
angles
of a
triangle
upon the
opposite
sides,
or the sides
produced,
mutually
intersect..
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.)..
Precipice
::
Precipice
(n.) A
headlong
steep;
a very
steep,
perpendicular,
or
overhanging
place;
an
abrupt
declivity;
a
cliff..
Obliquity
::
Obliquity
(n.) The
condition
of being
oblique;
deviation
from a right line;
deviation
from
parallelism
or
perpendicularity;
the
amount
of such
deviation;
divergence;
as, the
obliquity
of the
ecliptic
to the
equator..
Slant
::
Slant (v. i.)
Inclined
from a
direct
line,
whether
horizontal
or
perpendicular;
sloping;
oblique..
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..
Harelip
::
Harelip
(n.) A lip,
commonly
the upper one,
having
a
fissure
of
perpendicular
division
like that of a
hare..
Oblique
::
Oblique
(v. i.) To
deviate
from a
perpendicular
line; to move in an
oblique
direction.
Flare
::
Flare (v. i.) To open or
spread
outwards;
to
project
beyond
the
perpendicular;
as, the sides of a bowl
flare;
the bows of a ship
flare..
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..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(n.) A line at right
angles
to the plane of the
horizon;
a
vertical
line or
direction.
Subsulphate
::
Substyle
(n.) A right line on which the
style,
or
gnomon,
of a dial is
erected;
being the
common
section
of the face of the dial and a plane
perpendicular
to it
passing
through
the
style..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(a.) At right
angles
to a given line or
surface;
as, the line ad is
perpendicular
to the line bc..
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