perpendicular

About 6.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective At or forming a right angle (to something).

   In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.

2. adjective Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
3. adjective Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.
4. noun A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
5. noun A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
6. noun A meal eaten at a tavern bar while standing up.

Similar words

orthogonal vertical rectangular plumb line plumb steep normal upright right unsloped

Often followed by

to distance and line lines from direction height bisector

Word family

Perpendicular Perpendiculars perpendicularities perpendicularity perpendicularly perpendiculars