perpendicular in English

adjective

1

at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

dormers and gables that extend perpendicular to the main roofline

synonyms: at right angles, at 90 degrees

2

denoting the latest stage of English Gothic church architecture, prevalent from the late 14th to mid 16th centuries and characterized by broad arches, elaborate fan vaulting, and large windows with vertical tracery.

the handsome Perpendicular church of St. Andrew

noun

1

a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

at each division, draw a perpendicular representing the surface line

adjective

upright, vertical, erect, plumb, straight (up and down), on end, standing, upended
at right angles, at 90 degrees
steep, sheer, precipitous, abrupt, bluff, vertiginous
vertical

noun

perpendicular style, plumb line
perpendicular style
plumb line

Use "perpendicular" in a sentence

1. The staircase was almost perpendicular .

2. Cladogram portrayed with perpendicular lines

3. Alternatively, one staple driver may be perpendicular and second staple driver may be at a non-perpendicular angle.

4. Lines I and q are perpendicular.

5. So these lines are actually perpendicular.

6. Construct a perpendicular line through this point

7. Construct a line perpendicular to this line

8. Are the lines perpendicular to each other?

9. Side AB is perpendicular to side BC.

10. Instead there is a perpendicular rope ladder.

11. The wall is a little out of perpendicular.

12. The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular.

13. And if it is perpendicular, it will deflect.

14. Looked a bit perpendicular when I saw it.

15. The Conoid is a right Conoid, if its axis is perpendicular to its directrix plane.Hence all rulings are perpendicular to the axis.

16. Select a line perpendicular to the new line

17. Perpendicular magnetic recording head with soft underlayer biasing

18. Where do we put these new perpendicular lines?

19. While the perpendicular Calked horseshoes have one of the calks facing forward and the other facing sideways or are perpendicular to each other

20. The wall is a little out of the perpendicular.

21. The Conoid is a right Conoid, if its axis is perpendicular to its directrix plane.Hence all rulings are perpendicular to the axis.

22. Parallel, Perpendicular, Coinciding, or Intersecting Lines To determine if the graphs of two equations are lines that are parallel, perpendicular, Coinciding, or intersecting (but not perpendicular), put the equations in slope-intercept form (solve each equation for y)

23. The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.

24. We make sure our horizontal strokes precede our perpendicular.

25. The perpendicular line through a given segment 's mid point

26. We scrambled up the nearly perpendicular side of the mountain.

27. Option Perpendicular Atangle Continuity Description When Continuity=Tangent or Curvature, allows you to blend a curve to a surface edge perpendicular to the surface with continuity.

28. His arguments regarding perpendicular rays do not clearly explain why only perpendicular rays were perceived; why would the weaker oblique rays not be perceived more weakly?

29. The hoop stress is the force exerted Circumferentially (perpendicular both

30. Well I'll tell you how you can identify perpendicular lines.

31. The two lines of bones are set perpendicular to one another.

32. If you want a line that has a slope perpendicular to this one, or a line that is perpendicular to this one will have a negative inverse slope.

33. The Bisector of a line segment is called a perpendicular Bisector

34. Line GJ Bisects ∠FGH and is a perpendicular bisector of FH

35. The sapient man used his sagacity in the perpendicular commercial device.

36. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.

37. Level Masonic comprises a brace rods equal, whose angle down a Perpendicular.

38. Draw a perpendicular from the vertex of the triangle to its base.

39. Compressive Strength Properties Perpendicular to the Grain of Larch Cross-laminated Timber

40. Further evidence for perpendicular fan orientation to the prevailing current is reported.

41. A line constructed through a point, perpendicular to another line or segment

42. Adzes were hafted in a position that is perpendicular to the handle

43. Align the compass so that the needle is perpendicular to the wire.

44. The orientation of the fans was strictly perpendicular to the current. 6.

45. So perpendicular lines are two lines that intersect at a right angle.

46. These tables for the lawyers on trial sit perpendicular to the bench.

47. The wheel rotates about an axis which is perpendicular to the plane.

48. Table 1 for dips and Azimuthsto intersect ) geologyas close to perpendicular as possible

49. Another application that we have is to detect whether two vectors are perpendicular.

50. Table 1 for dips and Azimuthsto intersect ) geologyas close to perpendicular as possible