Dictionary Entry
perpendicular
perpendicular is a 13-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
13 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 26 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
- 2adjective
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
- 3noun
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction.
- 4noun
A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
- 5noun
an extremely steep face
- 6noun
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
- 7noun
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
- 8noun
a straight line at right angles to another line
- 9adjective
extremely steep
"the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
- 10adjective
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"
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- 11adjective
intersecting at or forming right angles
"the axes are perpendicular to each other"
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