an extremely steep face a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting a straight line at right angles to another line extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
Two lines or planes are perpendicular to each other if the angle between them is 90 degrees, or a right angle This means that they meet each other "square"
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a vertical line or direction
(style) - historical division of English Gothic architecture covering the period from c 1335-50 to c 1530 It formed a backlash against the richness of the Decorated style and emphasized the straight lines of a building, with a strong vertical emphasis
historical division of English Gothic architecture covering the period from c1335-50 to c1530
A perpendicular line or surface points straight up, rather than being sloping or horizontal. We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular. = vertical
intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other
When a straight line stands on a straight line and makes the adjacent angles equal to one another and at right angles, the straight line standing on the other is called the perpendicular to the other
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"