Overview of noun perpendicular

The noun perpendicular has 4 senses

• perpendicular -- (a straight line at right angles to another line)


• perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture -- (a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting)


• plumb line, perpendicular -- (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)


• perpendicular -- (an extremely steep face)

Overview of adj perpendicular

The adj perpendicular has 3 senses

• perpendicular -- (intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other")


• vertical, perpendicular -- (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")


• perpendicular -- (extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff")