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perpendicular

English

  1. 🔊 so steep as to be nearly veritcal
    “the great perpendicular face of the cliff”
  2. 🔊 intersecting at or forming right angles
    “the axes are perpendicular to each other”
  3. 🔊 at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
    “a vertical camera angle”
  4. 🔊 an extremely steep face
  5. 🔊 a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England
  6. 🔊 a straight line at right angles to another line
  7. 🔊 a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity

Spanish

  1. 🔊 normal perpendicular
  2. 🔊 perpendicular perpendicular

Similar words

plumb line perpendicular style english-gothic english-gothic architecture vertical air line axis azimuth circle beeline chord diagonal diameter direct line directrix edge erect great-circle course normal orthodiagonal orthogonal orthometric plumb plunging precipitous