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Perpendicular
"Perpendicular" in a Sentence (13 examples)
Let H be the base of the perpendicular drawn from point A to the line BC.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
Lift is directed perpendicular to the flight direction.
Pressure acts perpendicular to the solid surface of an object.
When the handle is perpendicular to the pipe then the valve is closed; when it is parallel then the valve is open.
This automated alarm is triggered by the initial elastic P-wave of a tremor, which immediately precedes the slower but more destructive secondary wave, which then shakes the ground back and forth perpendicular to the direction it is moving.
Visitors from across the world gathered Thursday in Aswan, Egypt, for a rare glimpse of a unique event that still amazes the world — when the sun rays go inside the corridor of the Abu Simbel temples and perpendicular on the faces of Ramses II, his wife, Queen Nefertari and the god Amun on the back wall.
The bike trail goes perpendicular to the road.
The clerestory of the church is of the Perpendicular period, and is divided into eight bays, each containing two windows.
The pickup truck came tearing up perpendicular to the road.
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In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
Hey, I'm not unsabotaging anything! This is completely perpendicular sabotage!
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