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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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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..
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..
Breve
::
Breve (n.) A note or
character
of time,
equivalent
to two
semibreves
or four
minims.
When
dotted,
it is equal to three
semibreves.
It was
formerly
of a
square
figure
(as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line
perpendicular
to the staff on each of its
sides;
--
formerly
much used for choir
service..
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.)..
Inclined
::
Inclined
(p. p. & a.) Bent out of a
perpendicular
position,
or into a curve with the
convex
side
uppermost..
Plumb
::
Plumb
(adv.)
In a plumb
direction;
perpendicularly.
Tail
::
Tail (n.) The part of a note which runs
perpendicularly
upward
or
downward
from the head; the stem.
Underlayer
::
Underlayer
(n.) A
perpendicular
shaft sunk to cut the lode at any
required
depth.
Triglyph
::
Triglyph
(n.) An
ornament
in the
frieze
of the Doric
order,
repeated
at equal
intervals.
Each
triglyph
consists
of a
rectangular
tablet,
slightly
projecting,
and
divided
nearly
to the top by two
parallel
and
perpendicular
gutters,
or
channels,
called
glyphs,
into three
parts,
or
spaces,
called
femora.
A half
channel,
or
glyph,
is also cut upon each of the
perpendicular
edges of the
tablet.
See
Illust.
of
Entablature..
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.
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..
Lemniscate
::
Lemniscate
(n.) A curve in the form of the
figure
8, with both parts
symmetrical,
generated
by the point in which a
tangent
to an
equilateral
hyperbola
meets the
perpendicular
on it drawn from the
center..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(a.) At right
angles
to a given line or
surface;
as, the line ad is
perpendicular
to the line bc..
Sine
::
Sine (n.) The
perpendicular
itself.
See Sine of
angle,
below..
Twibil
::
Twibil
(n.) A kind of
mattock,
or ax; esp., a tool like a
pickax,
but
having,
instead
of the
points,
flat
terminations,
one of which is
parallel
to the
handle,
the other
perpendicular
to it..
Column
::
Column
(n.) A
perpendicular
line of
figures.
Plump
::
Plump (a. & v.)
Directly;
suddenly;
perpendicularly.
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..
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..
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..
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