a straight line at right angles to another line
Used in a Sentence
perpendicular
How to use perpendicular in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for perpendicular.
Editorial note
Docking was hard, until you learnt how to line up properly from a good perpendicular angle.
Examples8
Definitions7
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a straight line at right angles to another line
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of perpendicular gathered in one view.
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for perpendicular.
noun
a straight line at right angles to another line
noun
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
See also: English-Gothic
noun
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
noun
an extremely steep face
adjective
intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"
adjective
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"
See also: vertical
adjective
extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
Example sentences
Docking was hard, until you learnt how to line up properly from a good perpendicular angle.
The bike lane on the famous Venice beach was actually where the rail used to be. One pic I saw showed the rail didn't run to the beach at a perpendicular angle.
This perpendicular stress caused the contacts to break, first causing contact flakiness, then failure.
It will eventually get to you because it is moving perpendicular to it's surface.
Sure, they are patenting taking a picture against a white background when perpendicular against a... Who gives a fuck.
Not sure what a photon is when it isn't moving at all, perhaps a point with an electric field and equal and perpendicular magnetic field.
I suspect the walls in between the "separate entrances" force the wind moving semi-perpendicular to those walls into the entrance as well.
The SP2 Wacom setup was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, in my experience -- accuracy was terrible in the corners / near the edges, and parallax was a serious issue, if you did not write/draw with the pen perpendicular to the surface of the screen, there was a significant offset from the tip of the pen to where the line was actually drawn.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use perpendicular in a sentence?
Docking was hard, until you learnt how to line up properly from a good perpendicular angle.
What does perpendicular mean?
a straight line at right angles to another line
What part of speech is perpendicular?
perpendicular is commonly used as noun, adjective.