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per·pen·dic·u·lar /ˌpɝpənˈdɪkjəlɚ/
垂直線,垂直的位置(a.)垂直的,直立的
perpendicular
垂直的
Per·pen·dic·u·lar a.
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.
2. Geom. At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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.
Per·pen·dic·u·lar n.
1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
2. Geom. A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
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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"
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