(เพอเพนดิค'คิวละ) adj. ตั้งฉาก,ตั้งตรง,สูงชัน. n. เส้นตั้งฉาก,แนวตำแหน่งตั้งตรง,ไม้ตั้งฉาก,การยืนตรง,ความถูกต้อง, See also:perpendicularity n., Syn. vertical
[すいちょくじききろく, suichokujikikiroku] perpendicular magnetic recording, vertical magnetic recording [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis,
perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See {Perpendicle},
{Pension}.]
1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at
right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a
right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as,
the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
[1913 Webster]
{Perpendicular style} (Arch.), a name given to the latest
variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed
from the close of the 14th century to the early part of
the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of
its window mullions.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, n.
1. A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a
vertical line or direction.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another
line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each
side.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perpendicular
adj 1: intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are
perpendicular to each other" [ant: {oblique}, {parallel}]
2: 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" [syn: {vertical}, {perpendicular}]
[ant: {horizontal}, {inclined}]
3: extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"
n 1: a straight line at right angles to another line
2: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;
characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor)
arch and fan vaulting [syn: {perpendicular}, {perpendicular
style}, {English-Gothic}, {English-Gothic architecture}]
3: 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 [syn: {plumb line},
{perpendicular}]
4: an extremely steep face
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