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perpendicular

/pur-puhn-dik-yuh-ler/US // ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lər //UK // (ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə) //

垂直,平行,垂直于,垂直的

Related Words

standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的vertical纵向,垂直,垂直的,纵straight直,直接,笔直的,直的plumb铅垂,铅直,剽窃,铅直的upright直立的,直立,直立式的,正直的horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式steep陡峭的,陡峭,陡峭的斜坡,陡然erect竖立,竖直,竖起来,架设sheer峭壁,纯粹的,峭度on end终端,终止,终端上,結束stand-up站立式,站起来,站立,自立

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : moral virtue or uprightness; rectitude.
    • : Nautical. either of two lines perpendicular to the keel line, base line, or designed water line of a vessel.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.at right angles to
Synonyms
horizontal横向,水平,水平的,卧式plumb铅垂,铅直,剽窃,铅直的standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的steep陡峭的,陡峭,陡峭的斜坡,陡然straight直,直接,笔直的,直的upright直立的,直立,直立式的,正直的vertical纵向,垂直,垂直的,纵erect竖立,竖直,竖起来,架设on end终端,终止,终端上,結束sheer峭壁,纯粹的,峭度stand-up站立式,站起来,站立,自立straight-up直截了当,直截了当的,直截了当地,直截了当地说

Examples

  • 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.

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