Perpendicular

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NOUN

a straight line at right angles to another line

a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England

a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity

an extremely steep face

ADJ

intersecting at or forming right angles

at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

so steep as to be nearly veritcal

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