Perpendicular

English

Adjective

Perpendicular (comparative more Perpendicular, superlative most Perpendicular)

1. (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).

   In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor

Synonyms

• normal
• orthogonal

Noun

Perpendicular (plural Perpendiculars)

1. (geometry) 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.

Thesaurus

air line, axis, azimuth circle, beeline, chord, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, erect, great-circle course, normal, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, plumb, plunging, precipitous, radius, radius vector, rectangular, right angle, right line, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, secant, segment, sheer, shortcut, side, stand-up, steep, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, straightaway, streamline, tangent, transversal, up-and-down, upright, vector, vertical, vertical circle

Etymology

Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə/, SAMPA: /%p3:(r).p@n"[email protected]@(r)/ enPR: pû(r)"pəndĭ'kyələ,
• (US) IPA: /pɝ.pɛnˈdɪk.ju.lɝ/, /pɝ.pənˈdɪk.jə.lɝ/; SAMPA: /p3`.pEn"dIk.ju.l3r/, /p3`[email protected]@.l3`/

Translations

Adjective

at or forming a right angle to

Arabic: عمودي (ar) (3amuudiy), رأسي (ar) (ra'siy) Chinese: Mandarin: 垂直 (cmn) (chuízhí) Czech: kolmý (cs) m. Dutch: loodrecht, haaks, perpendiculair French: perpendiculaire (fr) m. and f. German: rechtwinklig (de) Greek: κάθετος (el) m. (káthetos) Hebrew: מאונך (he) (me`unákh) m., ניצב (he) (nitsáv) m. Hungarian: merőleges (hu)

Japanese: 垂直の (ja) (すいちょくの, suichoku -no), 縦の (ja) (たての, tate-no), 直立の (ja) (ちょくりつの, chokuritsu-no) Norwegian: loddrett (no) Polish: prostopadły (pl) m. Portuguese: perpendicular (pt) Russian: перпендикулярный (ru) (perpendikuljárnyj) Spanish: perpendicular (es) Swedish: vinkelrät (sv) Turkish: dik (tr) West Frisian: leadrjocht

Noun

line or plane

Czech: kolmice f. (line) Dutch: loodlijn (nl) f. Finnish: kohtisuora (fi) French: perpendiculaire (fr) f. Hebrew: מאונך (he) (me`unákh) m., ניצב (he) Polish: prostopadła f.

Portuguese: perpendicular (pt) f. Russian: перпендикуляр (ru) (perpendikuljár) m. Swedish: normal (sv) c. Turkish: dik (tr) West Frisian: leadline

device

Dutch: schietlood (nl) n.

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Portuguese

Adjective

perpendicular

1. perpendicular.

Noun

perpendicular f.

1. perpendicular.

Related terms

See also

perpendicularidade