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Antonyms for perpendicular

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pur-puhn-dik-yuh-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lər

Definition of perpendicular

Origin :
  • late 15c., from adverb (late 14c.), from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendicularis "vertical, as a plumb line," from perpendiculum "plumb line," from perpendere "balance carefully," from per- "thoroughly" (see per) + pendere "to weigh, to hang" (see pendant). As a noun from 1570s. Related: Perpendicularly; perpendicularity.
  • adj at right angles to
Example sentences :
  • The hall was put up in 1446, and is therefore in the Perpendicular style.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • "Never," answered the mender of roads, recovering his perpendicular.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Do you see that narrow ledge on the top of the perpendicular cliff on the right?
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • The settling of the wharf had thrown the door and its frame out of the perpendicular.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The post must, of course, be perpendicular to the tops of the plates.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • This is a fine church in the Perpendicular style, built in 1846.
  • Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
  • Perpendicular slats are then fastened to these wires to which the shoots are tied.
  • Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
  • They were, for the most part, square-cut holes in the face of the perpendicular rock.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • Parietes: walls: the perpendicular sides of elevated bodies.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • A direction which is not parallel with or perpendicular to a line.
  • Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

Synonyms for perpendicular

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