Definitions for perpendicular
Overview of noun perpendicular
The noun perpendicular has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. perpendicular
(a straight line at right angles to another line)
2. perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture
(a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting)
3. plumb line, perpendicular
(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)
4. perpendicular
(an extremely steep face)
Overview of adj perpendicular
The adj perpendicular has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. perpendicular
(intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other")
2. vertical, perpendicular
(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")
3. perpendicular
(extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff")
