Let H be the base of the perpendicular drawn from point A to the line BC.
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Perpendicular
//ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "perpendicular" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (31)
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13 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 46 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- رَأْسِيّ adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- عَمُودِيّ adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Armenian
1 entries- ուղղահայաց adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Belarusian
1 entries- перпендыкуля́рны adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Bulgarian
3 entries- перпендикуля́рен adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- отвес noun (device)
- перпендикуляр noun (line or plane)
Catalan
2 entries- perpendicular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendicular noun (line or plane)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 垂直 adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- 垂綫 /垂线 noun (line or plane)
- 垂面 noun (line or plane)
Czech
2 entries- kolmý adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- kolmice noun (line or plane)
Danish
1 entries- vinkelret adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Dutch
4 entries- haaks adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- loodrecht adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendiculair adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- loodlijn noun (line or plane)
Esperanto
1 entries- perpendikulara adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Estonian
1 entries- risti adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Finnish
4 entries- kohtisuora adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- kohtisuorassa adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- pystysuorassa adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- kohtisuora noun (line or plane)
French
3 entries- perpendiculaire adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- fil à plomb noun (device)
- perpendiculaire noun (line or plane)
Galician
1 entries- perpendicular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Georgian
4 entries- მართობი adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- პერპენდიკულარული adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- მართობი noun (line or plane)
- პერპენდიკულარი noun (line or plane)
German
4 entries- lotrecht adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendikular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendikulär adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- rechtwinklig adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Greek
1 entries- κάθετος adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Hebrew
4 entries- מאונך \ מְאֻנָךְ adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- ניצב \ נִצָּב adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- מאונך \ מְאֻנָךְ noun (line or plane)
- ניצב \ נִצָּב noun (line or plane)
Hindi
2 entries- अभिलंब noun (line or plane)
- लंब noun (line or plane)
Hungarian
2 entries- merőleges adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- merőleges noun (line or plane)
Indonesian
1 entries- tegak lurus adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Italian
1 entries- perpendicolare adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Japanese
3 entries- 垂直の adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- 直立の adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- 縦の adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Korean
1 entries- 수직의 adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Latin
1 entries- perpendiculāris adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Latvian
1 entries- perpendikulārs adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Malay
1 entries- serenjang adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Māori
1 entries- hāngai adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Navajo
1 entries- kʼéhézdongo ahidiiʼá noun (line or plane)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- loddrett adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- loddrett adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Persian
1 entries- عمودی adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Polish
2 entries- prostopadły adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- prostopadła noun (line or plane)
Portuguese
2 entries- perpendicular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendicular noun (line or plane)
Romanian
2 entries- perpendicular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- perpendiculară noun (line or plane)
Russian
2 entries- перпендикуля́рный adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- перпендикуля́р noun (line or plane)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लम्ब adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Slovak
1 entries- kolmý adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Spanish
1 entries- perpendicular adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Swedish
2 entries- vinkelrät adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- normal noun (line or plane)
Tagalog
1 entries- tadlong adj (at or forming a right angle to)
Thai
2 entries- ตั้งฉาก adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- เส้นตั้งฉาก noun (line or plane)
Turkish
2 entries- dik adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- dik noun (line or plane)
Ukrainian
3 entries- перпендикуля́рний adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- простопа́дний adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- простопа́д noun (line or plane)
Welsh
1 entries- perpendiciwlar adj (at or forming a right angle to)
West-Frisian
2 entries- leadrjocht adj (at or forming a right angle to)
- leadline noun (line or plane)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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Lift is directed perpendicular to the flight direction.
Source: tatoeba (5325764)
Pressure acts perpendicular to the solid surface of an object.
Source: tatoeba (5325789)
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