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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
(n.) A line or plane
falling
at right
angles
on
another
line or
surface,
or
making
equal
angles
with it on each
side..
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Upright
::
Upright
(a.) In an erect
position
or
posture;
perpendicular;
vertical,
or
nearly
vertical;
pointing
upward;
as, an
upright
tree..
Rake
::
Rake (v. i.) To
incline
from a
perpendicular
direction;
as, a mast rakes aft..
Plumb
::
Plumb (v. t.) To
adjust
by a plumb line; to cause to be
perpendicular;
as, to plumb a
building
or a
wall..
Cross
::
Cross (n.) An
instrument
for
laying
of
offsets
perpendicular
to the main
course.
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..
Vertical
::
Vertical
(a.)
Perpendicular
to the plane of the
horizon;
upright;
plumb;
as, a
vertical
line..
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..
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..
Vertically
::
Vertically
(adv.)
In a
vertical
manner,
position,
or
direction;
perpendicularly;
as, to look down
vertically;
to raise a thing
vertically..
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..
Scarp
::
Scarp (v. t.) To cut down
perpendicularly,
or
nearly
so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a
rock..
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..
Plumb
::
Plumb
(adv.)
In a plumb
direction;
perpendicularly.
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..
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..
Problem
::
Problem
(n.)
Anything
which is
required
to be done; as, in
geometry,
to
bisect
a line, to draw a
perpendicular;
or, in
algebra,
to find an
unknown
quantity..
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..
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.
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(n.) A line at right
angles
to the plane of the
horizon;
a
vertical
line or
direction.
Peak
::
Peak (v. t.) To raise to a
position
perpendicular,
or more
nearly
so; as, to peak oars, to hold them
upright;
to peak a gaff or yard, to set it
nearer
the
perpendicular..
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