perpendicularity
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per·pen·dic·u·lar
(pûr′pən-dĭk′yə-lər)adj.
1. Mathematics Intersecting at or forming right angles.
2. Being at right angles to the horizontal; vertical. See Synonyms at vertical.
3. often Perpendicular Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 1300s and 1400s, characterized by the use of fan vaulting and broad windows with many mullions.
adv.
In a perpendicular position.
n.
1. Mathematics A line or plane perpendicular to a given line or plane.
2. A perpendicular position.
3. A device, such as a plumb line, that is used in marking the vertical from a given point.
4. A vertical or nearly vertical line or plane.
[Middle English perpendiculer, from Old French, from Latin perpendiculāris, from perpendiculum, plumb line, from perpendere, to weigh carefully : per-, per- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
per′pen·dic′u·lar′i·ty (-lăr′ĭ-tē) n.
per′pen·dic′u·lar·ly adv.
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Noun | 1. | perpendicularity - the relation of opposition between things at right angles opposition - a direction opposite to another |
2. | perpendicularity - the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) oblongness, rectangularity - the property of being shaped like a rectangle |
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