perpendicular
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5.4
- adjective
- /ˌpɜrˈpɛndɪkjələr/
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perpendicular
- In geometry class, we learned that two lines are perpendicular if they meet at a right angle.
- a perpendicular direction
- perpendicular to an axis
- perpendicular to a plane
Now, how do we relate those perpendicular distances?
- Now, how do we relate those perpendicular distances?
- So so it's perpendicular to all vectors PQ for all Q.
- They cannot move in the perpendicular direction, OK?
- Well, it hits the coast perpendicular and it causes a greater storm surge.
- So maybe the quantum field theory states are not quite perpendicular to each other.
- So you can think of a spatial volume as a kind of window perpendicular to the T axis.
- The idea that if you saw it with a little line segment, take two perpendicular rays and let them move off to Infinity.
- On my sister's next turn, she basically set a path perpendicular to the beach and went as fast as she could straight out into the ocean.
Examples
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We pass a barge tied perpendicular to the bank, with machinery and pipe on it.
Fiction book (1998) -
When the waves run perpendicular to the mesh, they push the droplets upward, causing them to jump.
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So our line is perpendicular to this line.
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But A has a direction perpendicular to the surface.
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I want this to be as perpendicular as possible.
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Yes, you move perpendicular to the field.
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Now I typically have my rose going this way, kind of perpendicular to the length of the bed.
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If I cut perpendicular to this, I should get a circle.
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Keep it perpendicular to the ridge.
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Pressure is a uniformly distributed force applied perpendicular to the skin surface.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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7.0
At a right angle to a line or surface
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8.6
At right angles to each other like two crossing lines
At a right angle to something
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.7
A line or flat surface the same distance from another that never meets it
Compounds
A type of English Gothic building style from the 1300s with tall vertical lines, Tudor arches, and fan-shaped ceilings
How Perpendicular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Perpendicular comes from Latin parts per- 'completely' and pendere 'to hang', and it first named a plumb line, a weight on a string that hangs straight down. So something perpendicular is exactly upright or makes a perfect right angle because a hanging line shows true vertical.