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Meaning of perpendicular

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  perpendicular
      adj 1: intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are
             perpendicular to each other" [ant: {oblique}, {parallel}]
      2: at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;
         "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two
         vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the
         perpendicular height" [syn: {vertical}, {perpendicular}]
         [ant: {horizontal}, {inclined}]
      3: extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
      n 1: a straight line at right angles to another line
      2: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;
         characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor)
         arch and fan vaulting [syn: {perpendicular}, {perpendicular
         style}, {English-Gothic}, {English-Gothic architecture}]
      3: 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 [syn: {plumb line},
         {perpendicular}]
      4: an extremely steep face

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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