Found 3 items, similar to perpendicular.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: perpendicular garis tegak lurus, tegak lurus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: perpendicular perpendicular adj 1: intersecting at or forming right angles; “the axes are perpendicular to each other” [ant: oblique, parallel] 2: 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” [syn: vertical] [ant: inclined, horizontal] 3: extremely steep; “the great perpendicular face of the cliff” perpendicular n 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 [syn: perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture] 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 [syn: plumb line ] 4: an extremely steep face
English → English (gcide) Definition: Perpendicular 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n. 1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side. [1913 Webster]