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Synonyms for perpendicularity

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

Définition of perpendicularity

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.
  • As in uprightness : noun dignity
Example sentences :
  • This perpendicularity we demand of all the figures in this picture of life.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The sense of perpendicularity, however, should constantly be cultivated.
  • Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
  • Your argument about the perpendicularity of the dike strikes me as good.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin
  • Parallell-equality is derived from perpendicularity, and is of neere affinity to it.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • Perpendicularity was in the former attributed to lines considered in a surface.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • There is a curious sense of perpendicularity about these mountain rhapsodies.
  • Extract from : « Fir-Flower Tablets » by Various
  • In the conscious reasoning of both, however, is the condition of perpendicularity.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • This is the fundamental property which forms the definition of perpendicularity.
  • Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead
  • We determine our perpendicularity by the apparent motions of objects.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin
  • Here it is necessary, that we should be habituated to both these modes of motion in order to preserve our perpendicularity.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin

Antonyms for perpendicularity

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