Words that sound like perpendicular from BoostVocab

perpendicular

/,pɜrpən'dɪkjʊlər/

noun
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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english-gothic english-gothic architecture perpendicular style

type of:
gothic gothic architecture
noun
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
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plumb line

type of:
cord
adjective
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
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"measure the perpendicular height"

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vertical upright plumb unsloped upended
noun
an extremely steep face
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face
noun
a straight line at right angles to another line
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straight line
adjective
intersecting at or forming right angles
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"the axes are perpendicular to each other"

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orthogonal normal right rectangular

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parallel oblique
adjective
so steep as to be nearly veritcal
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"the great perpendicular face of the cliff"

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steep

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