Perpendicular

Per`pen`dic´u`lar

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.

Noun	1.	perpendicular - a straight line at right angles to another line
	2.	perpendicular - a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting Synonyms: English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular style
	3.	perpendicular - 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 Synonyms: plumb line
	4.	perpendicular - an extremely steep face
Adj.	1.	perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other" Antonyms: oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
	2.	perpendicular - 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" Synonyms: vertical
	3.	perpendicular - extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"