Meaning : A straight line at right angles to another line.
Meaning : 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
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : plumb line
Meaning : An extremely steep face.
Meaning : Intersecting at or forming right angles.
Example :
The axes are perpendicular to each other.
Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
The oblique rays of the winter sun.Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
Parallel lines never converge.Meaning : At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.
Example :
A vertical camera angle.
The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.
Measure the perpendicular height.
Synonyms : vertical
Meaning : So steep as to be nearly veritcal.
Example :
The great perpendicular face of the cliff.