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Synonyms for perpendicular
ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lərper·pen·dic·u·lar
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Wiktionary
perpendicularadjective
Synonyms:
evendown, orthogonal, normalperpendicularadjective
Of a style of English Gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor
Synonyms:
orthogonal, evendown, normal
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
perpendicular
Synonyms:
vertical, upright, standing uprightAntonyms:
horizontal
Princeton's WordNet
perpendicularnoun
a straight line at right angles to another line
Synonyms:
perpendicular style, plumb lineAntonyms:
nonconvergent, diagonal, gradual, catty-corner, sideways, crabwise, oblique-angled, collateral, kitty-corner, catty-cornered, antiparallel, catercorner, nonparallel, catacorner, cater-cornered, kitty-cornered, parallel, oblique, bias, nonintersecting, cata-corneredperpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecturenoun
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
Synonyms:
perpendicular style, plumb lineAntonyms:
oblique, collateral, nonparallel, nonconvergent, catty-corner, bias, gradual, catacorner, oblique-angled, antiparallel, crabwise, kitty-corner, cata-cornered, nonintersecting, catercorner, kitty-cornered, diagonal, sideways, catty-cornered, parallel, cater-corneredplumb line, perpendicularnoun
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
Synonyms:
perpendicular style, plumb lineAntonyms:
sideways, cater-cornered, catty-corner, oblique, parallel, catacorner, nonintersecting, catercorner, antiparallel, oblique-angled, crabwise, collateral, catty-cornered, nonparallel, bias, cata-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, diagonal, gradual, nonconvergentperpendicularadjective
an extremely steep face
Synonyms:
perpendicular style, plumb lineAntonyms:
parallel, catercorner, bias, oblique-angled, catty-corner, oblique, crabwise, nonconvergent, catty-cornered, catacorner, kitty-corner, sideways, nonintersecting, gradual, collateral, cata-cornered, diagonal, antiparallel, kitty-cornered, cater-cornered, nonparallelperpendicularadjective
intersecting at or forming right angles
"the axes are perpendicular to each other"
Synonyms:
verticalAntonyms:
collateral, catty-corner, oblique, catercorner, catty-cornered, bias, sideways, nonparallel, parallel, crabwise, diagonal, gradual, nonconvergent, cata-cornered, kitty-corner, nonintersecting, catacorner, antiparallel, oblique-angled, cater-cornered, kitty-corneredvertical, perpendicularadjective
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"; "measure the perpendicular height"
Synonyms:
erect, upright, verticalAntonyms:
cata-cornered, oblique-angled, oblique, crabwise, nonparallel, gradual, antiparallel, sideways, diagonal, kitty-cornered, parallel, kitty-corner, bias, nonintersecting, catacorner, nonconvergent, catty-corner, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, collateral, catercornerperpendicularadjective
extremely steep
"the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
Synonyms:
verticalAntonyms:
catacorner, cater-cornered, antiparallel, collateral, catercorner, oblique, kitty-cornered, nonintersecting, kitty-corner, nonconvergent, catty-cornered, gradual, sideways, crabwise, nonparallel, parallel, cata-cornered, diagonal, bias, catty-corner, oblique-angled
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
perpendicularadjective
Synonyms:
vertical, upright, pointing to the zenithperpendicularadjective
Synonyms:
at right angles, making a right angle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
perpendicularadjective
Antonyms:
horizontal oblique
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1458 | normal | |
#4295 | vertical | |
#11671 | upright | |
#17242 | erect | |
#21879 | perpendicular | |
#22412 | orthogonal | |
#93894 | transversely | |
#116459 | perpendicularly |
Translations for perpendicular
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- عمودي, رأسيArabic
- perpendicularCatalan, Valencian
- kolmice, kolmýCzech
- perpendiciwlarWelsh
- rechtwinkligGerman
- κάθετοςGreek
- perpendicularSpanish
- عمودPersian
- kohtisuoraFinnish
- perpendiculaireFrench
- leadline, leadrjochtWestern Frisian
- ניצב, מאונךHebrew
- merőlegesHungarian
- 直立, 縦, 垂直Japanese
- schietlood, loodlijn, perpendiculair, loodrecht, haaksDutch
- loddrettNorwegian
- prostopadła, prostopadłyPolish
- perpendicularPortuguese
- перпендикулярный, перпендикулярRussian
- vinkelrät, normalSwedish
- dikTurkish
- thẳng gócVietnamese
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