perpendicularity
/pur-puhn-dik-yuh-ler/US // ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lər //UK // (ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjʊlə) //
垂直度,垂直性,垂线,垂线度
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 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
- : 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.
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Examples
In the conscious reasoning of both, however, is the condition of perpendicularity.
The symmetry of perpendicularity is a particular instance of the symmetry of the mutual relations between two time-systems.
In this way we have pointed out unique and definite properties in nature which correspond to perpendicularity.
The old hands take a sidelong view with one eye closed to test the perpendicularity of the stacks.
Of new definitions we mention those which relate to the perpendicularity and the inclination of lines and planes.
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