See Also: perpendicular 1, adjective(dictionary)
Perpendicular(medicine)
perpendicular(dictionary)
perpendicular 2, noun(dictionary)
Perpendicular spread(finance)
Perpendicular spread(money)
perpendicular plate(medicine)
perpendicular fasciculus(medicine)
Perpendicular style(encyclopedia)
perpendicular plate of palatine bone(medicine)

perpendicular 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: perpendiculer, from Latin, from perpendiculum 'plumb line', from pendere 'to hang']
not leaning to one side or the other but exactly vertical
-see also vertical vertical, horizontal horizontal
::a perpendicular line
::a perpendicular wall of rock
be perpendicular to sth
if one line is perpendicular to another line, they form an angle of 90 degrees
-synonym at right angles to at right angles to
::a road perpendicular to the highway
Perpendicular
in the style of 14th and 15th century English churches, which are decorated with straight, upright lines
-- perpendicularly adv