perpendicular
adjective
vertical; straight up and down; upright.
perpendiculars
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pluralof perpendicular.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She uses a measuring stick to set the plants an equal distance apart, and as the beds are connected, the effect is one of perfectly aligned diagonals and perpendiculars.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2010
Under those glorious perpendiculars . . . this gesticulating gigolo in gilt.
From Time Magazine Archive
And every drawing executed by an artist, every landscape, offered us by "Nature," is felt, because it is measured, with reference to a set of imaginary horizontals or perpendiculars.
From The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics by Vernon Lee
The eight stars to a line may be determined by dividing the length of the union into nine parts and dropping eight perpendiculars through the six lines already there.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
The glacier greatly widened and considerably deepened the valley, turned its slopes into perpendiculars, and changed its side cascades into waterfalls.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
