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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a straight line at right angles to another line;

2. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting;
[syn: perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture]

3. a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point;
[syn: plumb line, perpendicular]

4. an extremely steep face;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. intersecting at or forming right angles;
- Example: "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

2. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;
- Example: "a vertical camera angle"
- Example: "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"
- Example: "measure the perpendicular height"
[syn: vertical, perpendicular]

3. extremely steep;
- Example: "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n.
   1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a
      vertical line or direction.
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   2. (Geom.) 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis,
   perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See Perpendicle,
   Pension.]
   1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at
      right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a
      right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as,
      the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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   Perpendicular style (Arch.), a name given to the latest
      variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed
      from the close of the 14th century to the early part of
      the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of
      its window mullions.
      [1913 Webster]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "perpendicular":
   air line, axis, azimuth circle, beeline, chord, diagonal, diameter,
   direct line, directrix, edge, erect, great-circle course, normal,
   orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, plumb, plunging,
   precipitous, radius, radius vector, rectangular, right angle,
   right line, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, secant,
   segment, sheer, shortcut, side, stand-up, steep, straight,
   straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straight-up,
   straight-up-and-down, straightaway, streamline, tangent,
   transversal, up-and-down, upright, vector, vertical,
   vertical circle