perpendicular
垂直,平行,垂直于,垂直的
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- : vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- : Geometry. meeting a given line or surface at right angles.
- : maintaining a standing or upright position; standing up.
- : having a sharp pitch or slope; steep.
- : noting or pertaining to the last style of English Gothic architecture, prevailing from the late 14th through the early 16th century and characterized by the use of predominantly vertical tracery, an overall linear, shallow effect, and fine intricate stonework.
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- : a perpendicular line or plane.
- : an instrument for indicating the vertical line from any point.
- : an upright position.
- : a sharply pitched or precipitously steep mountain face.
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Put your feet on the socks, and start in a standard push-up position, with your hands on the yoga mat, your body perpendicular to the mat.
Even if you’ve mastered fall-line skiing elsewhere, when you get into steep terrain, your instinct might still be to move sideways, swinging your whole body around with each turn and finishing with your skis perpendicular to the slope.
To start, stand on the hill perpendicular to the slope, with your uphill edges dug in.
Aggressively working 550 cord perpendicular across a zip tie will weaken the plastic until it eventually breaks.
Let the line from the origin to A and the origin to B, 2 perpendicular radii of a circle centered at the origin.
In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
Among the Perpendicular additions to the church last named may be noted a very beautiful oaken rood-screen.
The water-piston is 10 inches in diameter, drawing and forcing 35 feet perpendicular, equal beam.
Le Bouton was dominated by a perpendicular rock two thousand feet high.
They were at the foot of one of the narrow almost perpendicular blocks that rose between Pine and California streets.