perpendicular
noun
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L325319 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- the status of being opposite of another direction at a 90-degree angle
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/ / /ˌpɝ.pənˈdɪk.ju.lɚ/ / /ˌpɝ.pənˈdɪk.jə.lɚ/
adj
- Of a style of English Gothic architecture 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
Etymology: Derived from Middle French perpendiculaire, from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).
- 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.