Perpendicular

Adjective

 * 1)  At or forming a right angle (to).
 * In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor

Synonyms

 * normal
 * orthogonal

Noun

 * 1)  A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
 * 2) A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.

Thesaurus
air line, axis, azimuth circle, beeline, chord, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge, erect, great-circle course, normal, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, orthometric, plumb, plunging, precipitous, radius, radius vector, rectangular, right angle, right line, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, secant, segment, sheer, shortcut, side, stand-up, steep, straight, straight course, straight line, straight stretch, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, straightaway, streamline, tangent, transversal, up-and-down, upright, vector, vertical, vertical circle

Etymology
perpendiculum:.

Adjective

 * Arabic: عمودي, رأسي
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 垂直
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: loodrecht, haaks, perpendiculair
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: (káthetos)
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese: 垂直,, 直立
 * Norwegian: loddrett
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: перпендикулярный
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: leadrjocht

Noun

 * Czech: kolmice
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Polish: prostopadła


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: перпендикуляр
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: leadline


 * Dutch:

Adjective
perpendicular


 * 1) perpendicular.

Noun
perpendicular


 * 1) perpendicular.

Related terms

 * perpendicularidade