Definition that contains perpend
- right having the axis perpendicular to the base
- altitude the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
- maxwell a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
- quadrant the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
- poppet a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
- rectangular having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles
- nit a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
- oblique slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
- paraboloid a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
- birefringence splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly