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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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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..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(a.) At right
angles
to a given line or
surface;
as, the line ad is
perpendicular
to the line bc..
Bitts
::
Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two
strong
timbers
fixed
perpendicularly
in the fore part of a ship, on which to
fasten
the
cables
as the ship rides at
anchor,
or in
warping.
Other bitts are used for
belaying
(belaying
bitts),
for
sustaining
the
windlass
(carrick
bitts,
winch
bitts,
or
windlass
bitts),
to hold the pawls of the
windlass
(pawl
bitts)
etc..
Curtate
::
Curtate
(a.)
Shortened
or
reduced;
-- said of the
distance
of a
planet
from the sun or
earth,
as
measured
in the plane of the
ecliptic,
or the
distance
from the sun or earth to that point where a
perpendicular,
let fall from the
planet
upon the plane of the
ecliptic,
meets the
ecliptic..
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.)..
Slant
::
Slant (v. i.)
Inclined
from a
direct
line,
whether
horizontal
or
perpendicular;
sloping;
oblique..
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.
Elevation
::
Elevation
(n.) A
geometrical
projection
of a
building,
or other
object,
on a plane
perpendicular
to the
horizon;
orthographic
projection
on a
vertical
plane;
--
called
by the
ancients
the
orthography..
Normal
::
Normal
(a.) A
straight
line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or
surface
so as to be
perpendicular
to the curve or
surface
at that
point.
Level
::
Level (n.) A line or
surface
to
which,
at every
point,
a
vertical
or plumb line is
perpendicular;
a line or
surface
which is
everywhere
parallel
to the
surface
of still
water;
-- this is the true
level,
and is a curve or
surface
in which all
points
are
equally
distant
from the
center
of the
earth,
or
rather
would be so if the earth were an exact
sphere..
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..
Chesstree
::
Chesstree
(n.) A piece of oak
bolted
perpendicularly
on the side of a
vessel,
to aid in
drawing
down and
securing
the clew of the
mainsail..
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..
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..
Table
::
Table (n.) A plane
surface,
supposed
to be
transparent
and
perpendicular
to the
horizon;
--
called
also
perspective
plane..
Waterfall
::
Waterfall
(n.) A fall, or
perpendicular
descent,
of the water of a river or
stream,
or a
descent
nearly
perpendicular;
a
cascade;
a
cataract..
Inclined
::
Inclined
(p. p. & a.) Bent out of a
perpendicular
position,
or into a curve with the
convex
side
uppermost..
Trip
::
Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a
perpendicular
position
for
lowering
it.
Hoist
::
Hoist (n.) The
perpendicular
height
of a flag, as
opposed
to the fly, or
horizontal
length
when
flying
from a
staff..
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..
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