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Perpendicular   /pˌərpəndˈɪkjələr/   Listen
Perpendicular

noun
1.
A straight line at right angles to another line.
2.
A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting.  Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style.
3.
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.  Synonym: plumb line.
4.
An extremely steep face.
adjective
1.
Intersecting at or forming right angles.
2.
At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.  Synonym: vertical.  "The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab" , "Measure the perpendicular height"
3.
Extremely steep.



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... in the Finchley Road All Saints' Church stands up conspicuously. This is a fine church in the Perpendicular style, built in 1846. The chancel was added in 1866, and the tower and spire in 1889. It is really the church of the Eyre estate, and was largely built by the Eyre family. There is in it a beautiful marble font of uncommon pattern, and ...
— Hampstead and Marylebone - The Fascination of London • Geraldine Edith Mitton
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... that an ordinary robin is perfectly aware that while squirrels and cats are able to ascend the perpendicular trunk of a tree, they cannot climb the painted pillar of a piazza; and consequently it is perfectly safe to build a nest at the ...
— The Squirrel Inn • Frank R. Stockton
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... the fishing-boats were all either stranded, or at anchor, nearer the village. But why and whither had she gone? The ocean, in front, failed to answer the latter question, and his glance turned. On the one hand was the village; on the other, high, almost perpendicular rocks ran seaward, obscuring the view. It would not be easy to get around that point; without a boat it could ...
— A Man and His Money • Frederic Stewart Isham
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... series of ponds with only one supply, the water should flow through an open trough with stones and other impediments in it, between the ponds. The ponds may be lined entirely with brickwork faced with cement, and in this case the sides should be made perpendicular. The cement should, however, be exposed freely to the action of the running water for a couple of months at least before any ova ...
— Amateur Fish Culture • Charles Edward Walker
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... could see a perfect square of which all the sides were equal to the distance between s and c, and if at the nearest end of the side towards the eye a pole were placed, or some other straight object, set up by a perpendicular line as shown at r s—then, I say, that if you were to look at the side of the square that is nearest to you it will appear at the bottom of the vertical plane r s, and then look at the farther side and it would appear to you at ...
— The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete • Leonardo Da Vinci
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