perpendicular
At or forming a right angle (to something).
Example
“In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.”
Other meanings
Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.
Related words
- nonperpendicular
- slantendicular
- subperpendicular
- perpendicular axis theorem
- perpendicular distance
- perpendicularity
- perpendicularly
- perpendicularness
- perpendicular bisector
- perpendicular pronoun
- perpendicular recording
- perpendicular universe
Word history
From Latin "perpendiculum" (plumb line).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “perpendicular” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.