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Meaning
Adj
●
In Geometry:
At or
forming
a
right angle
(to something).
●
Exactly
upright
;
extending
in a
straight line
toward the
centre
of the
earth
, etc.
●
Independent of or
irrelevant
to
each other
; orthogonal.
●
In Architecture:
Of a
style
of English Gothic
arch
itecture from the
fourteenth
and
fifteenth
centuries
,
marked
by
stiff
and
rectilinear
lines
, mostly
vertical
window-tracery,
depressed
or four-centre
arch
, fan-tracery
vaulting
, and
panelled
walls.
Noun
●
In Geometry:
A
line
or
plane
that is
perpendicular
to another.
●
A
device
such as a
plumb line
that is used in making or
marking
a
perpendicular
line
.
●
A
meal
eaten
at a
tavern
bar
while
standing
up.
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Origin
perpendicular
English
perpendiculum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Parallel
Tangential
Transverse
Orthogonally
Vertical
Diagonal
Tangent
Orthogonal
Adjacent
Diagonally
Curved
Angled
Axis
Centerline
Angle
Beam
Vertically
Collinear
Lateral
Axial
Plane
Horizontally
Oblique
Proportional
Equidistant
Corresponding
Radial
Convex
Planar
Circumferential
Right Angles
Right Angle
Straight Line
Facing Up
Directly Proportional
Cross Section
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Rhymes
Acicular
Avicular
Reticular
Radicular
Ossicular
Cuticular
Orbicular
Utricular
Funicular
Navicular
Auricular
Vesicular
Vehicular
Articular
Canicular
Pedicular
Clavicular
Curricular
Vermicular
Particular
Lenticular
Follicular
Fascicular
Versicular
Testicular
Ventricular
Canalicular
Biauricular
Subauricular
Epicuticular
Preauricular
Diverticular
Nonauricular
Appendicular
Cocurricular
Periauricular
Subclavicular
Monoauricular
Perpendicular
Postauricular
Sinoauricular
Midclavicular
Conoauricular
Transauricular
Postclavicular
Overparticular
Interauricular
Periclavicular
Extravehicular
Retroauricular
Medioclavicular
Supraclavicular
Intraclavicular
Extracurricular
Infraclavicular
Costoclavicular
Interclavicular
Sternoclavicular
Temporoauricular
Coracoclavicular
Acromioclavicular
Scapuloclavicular
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