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They would then have to undergo a conversion from matter into energy and back into matter, producing new baryons that move outward perpendicular to the beam.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

Hammerheads stand out from other shark species by the distinctive shape of their heads, which stick out perpendicular to their bodies in the shape of, well, a hammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

His awkward angle, coming from beyond the perpendicular, with the ability to move the ball away from right-handers makes him very challenging for a batter to line up.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

In the end, some 8,000 small seismic events were induced along the targeted fault, but also, surprisingly, along other faults running perpendicular to the main one, sparking local magnitudes ranging from -5 to -0.14.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

The legs had to be shoulder distance apart with the front foot facing forward and the back foot perpendicular to the front.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

She uses a measuring stick to set the plants an equal distance apart, and as the beds are connected, the effect is one of perfectly aligned diagonals and perpendiculars.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2010

Under those glorious perpendiculars . . . this gesticulating gigolo in gilt.

From Time Magazine Archive

It looked dark and hopeless, with its dots and dashes, its horizontals and perpendiculars, its curves and crosses.

From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic

By drawing two non-parallel chords, and the perpendiculars which bisect them, the centre will be found as the point where these perpendiculars intersect.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

They are the traces themselves and the feet of the perpendiculars from them to the axis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various