Adjective perpendicular has 3 senses
- perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"
Antonyms: oblique, bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, crabwise, sideways, diagonal, nonparallel, parallel, antiparallel, collateral, nonconvergent, nonintersecting
- 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"
Antonym: gradual (indirect, via steep)
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Noun perpendicular has 4 senses
- perpendicular - a straight line at right angles to another line
--1 is a kind of straight 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
--2 is a kind of Gothic, Gothic architecture
--2 has particulars: Tudor architecture
- 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
--3 is a kind of cord
--3 has parts: plumb bob, plumb, plummet
--3 has particulars: lead line, sounding line; plumb rule
- perpendicular - an extremely steep face
--4 is a kind of face
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