How to Spell perpendicular
perpendicular
perpendicular - adjective
- Standing at right angles to the plane of the horizon : exactly upright
- Being at right angles to a given line or plane
- Extremely steep : precipitous
- Of or relating to a medieval English Gothic style of architecture in which vertical lines predominate
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Latin
Middle English perpendiculer, from Middle French, from Latin perpendicularis, from perpendiculum plumb line, from per- + pendฤre to hang
Word family
perpendicularity