Thesaurus: perpendicular

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1. a. 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.
2. a. At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
3. n. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
4. n. A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
5. adj. intersecting at or forming right angles
6. adj. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
7. adj. so steep as to be nearly vertical
8. n. a straight line at right angles to another line
9. n. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
10. n. 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
11. n. an extremely steep face
12. 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. 2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. 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. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. 2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.