perpendicular

Meanings

• a straight line at right angles to another line
• a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
• 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
• an extremely steep face
• intersecting at or forming right angles;
• "the axes are perpendicular to each other"
• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;
• "measure the perpendicular height"
• extremely steep;
• "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"

Synonyms

• perpendicular style
• English-Gothic
• English-Gothic architecture
• plumb line
• vertical

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