perpendicular

Meaning of perpendicular

noun
  1. A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
  2. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
  3. A meal eaten at a tavern bar while standing up.
adjective
  1. At or forming a right angle (to something).
    In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.
  2. Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
  3. Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.

Information about perpendicular

Hyphenation of perpendicular

per-pen-dic-u-lar

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
  • perpendicular is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

perpendicular synonyms

Meaning vertical:

vertical

Meaning :

normal, orthogonal

Translation of perpendicular

Words that rhyme with perpendicular

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