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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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Orthogonally
::
Orthogonally
(adv.)
Perpendicularly;
at right
angles;
as, a curve cuts a set of
curves
orthogonally..
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..
Drop
::
Drop (v. i.) To be deep in
extent;
to
descend
perpendicularly;
as, her main
topsail
drops
seventeen
yards..
Slant
::
Slant (v. i.)
Inclined
from a
direct
line,
whether
horizontal
or
perpendicular;
sloping;
oblique..
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..
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..
Precipice
::
Precipice
(n.) A
headlong
steep;
a very
steep,
perpendicular,
or
overhanging
place;
an
abrupt
declivity;
a
cliff..
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..
Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
Altitude
::
Altitude
(n.) The
perpendicular
distance
from the base of a
figure
to the
summit,
or to the side
parallel
to the base; as, the
altitude
of a
triangle,
pyramid,
parallelogram,
frustum,
etc..
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..
Canton
::
Canton
(n.) A
division
of a
shield
occupying
one third part of the
chief,
usually
on the
dexter
side,
formed
by a
perpendicular
line from the top of the
shield,
meeting
a
horizontal
line from the
side..
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.
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..
Stem
::
Stem (n.) The short
perpendicular
line added to the body of a note; the tail of a
crotchet,
quaver,
semiquaver,
etc..
Normal
::
Normal
(a.) Any
perpendicular.
Shear
::
Shear (v. t.) A
strain,
or
change
of
shape,
of an
elastic
body,
consisting
of an
extension
in one
direction,
an equal
compression
in a
perpendicular
direction,
with an
unchanged
magnitude
in the third
direction..
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..
Trip
::
Trip (v. t.) To pull (a yard) into a
perpendicular
position
for
lowering
it.
Wrench
::
Wrench
(v. t.) The
system
made up of a force and a
couple
of
forces
in a plane
perpendicular
to that
force.
Any
number
of
forces
acting
at any
points
upon a rigid body may be
compounded
so as to be
equivalent
to a
wrench.
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