a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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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
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an extremely steep face
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intersecting at or forming right angles
<adj.all> the axes are perpendicular to each other
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
<adj.all> a vertical camera angle the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab measure the perpendicular height
extremely steep
<adj.all> the great perpendicular face of the cliff
Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis, perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See {Perpendicle}, {Pension}.] 1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
{Perpendicular style} (Arch.), a name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions.
Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
The plane ended up perpendicular to the runway after using about three-quarters of the runway, Port Authority officials said.
The tower now leans about 13 feet off the perpendicular, but Toniolo and other tower experts say it would not topple for more than another century if it continues to tilt at its average rate.
The tower now tilts about 13 feet off the perpendicular, but tower experts say it will not topple for at least another century.
So did ABC's crew, but from an office building, "from a perpendicular angle.
The Tower of Pisa slipped five hundredths of an inch further away from the perpendicular last year - 20 per cent more than it moved in 1990.