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- pronunciation:
- puhr
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
at or forming a right angle to or with an intersecting line or plane.
The bookcase should be perpendicular to the wall, not flat against it.- synonyms:
- right, square
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| definition 2: |
at a right angle to a horizontal base; vertical or upright.
- synonyms:
- plumb, upright, vertical
- antonyms:
- horizontal
- similar words:
- erect, right, square, standing
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| definition 3: |
sloping sharply upward.
- similar words:
- abrupt, bluff, sheer, steep
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| related words: |
abrupt, bluff, sheer, standing, steep |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a perpendicular line or plane.
- synonyms:
- vertical
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| definition 2: |
a perpendicular position or direction; the vertical.
- synonyms:
- vertical
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| definition 3: |
an instrument used to mark the vertical from any point.
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| definition 4: |
a nearly vertical or very steep incline, as on a mountainside.
- similar words:
- bluff, incline
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| related words: |
upright |
| derivations: |
perpendicularly (adv.), perpendicularity (n.) |
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