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perpendicular |
Grep of noun perpendicular perpendicular perpendicular style perpendicularity 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, a four-centered (Tudor) arch, 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") Antonyms of adj perpendicular 3 senses of perpendicular Sense 1 perpendicular (vs. oblique) (vs. parallel) oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular) => bias => catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered => crabwise, sideways => diagonal => nonparallel parallel (vs. perpendicular) (vs. oblique) => antiparallel => collateral => nonconvergent, nonintersecting Sense 2 vertical (vs. inclined) (vs. horizontal), perpendicular Sense 3 perpendicular INDIRECT (VIA steep) -> gradual Similarity of adj perpendicular 3 senses of perpendicular Sense 1 perpendicular (vs. oblique) (vs. parallel) => normal => orthogonal, rectangular => right Sense 2 vertical (vs. inclined) (vs. horizontal), perpendicular => plumb => upended => upright, unsloped Also See-> steep#1; straight#2 Sense 3 perpendicular => steep (vs. gradual) Attributes of adj perpendicular 1 of 3 senses of perpendicular Sense 2 vertical (vs. inclined) (vs. horizontal), perpendicular => orientation Familiarity of adj perpendicular perpendicular used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj perpendicular 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, a four-centered (Tudor) arch, 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")
perpendicular definition
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