perpendicular

perpendicular is a valid 13-letter word worth 20 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does perpendicular mean?

  • noun

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

  • 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

  • adjective

    at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

  • noun

    an extremely steep face

  • noun

    a straight line at right angles to another line

  • adjective

    intersecting at or forming right angles

  • adjective

    so steep as to be nearly veritcal

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