perpendicular

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Tévoédjrè stood beside an armored vehicle on the perpendicular street, positioned between the oncoming column and Talon’s residence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“This isn’t just a missing person case,” said Travis Harrison, a producer at NewsNation, which has pulled together a hovel of satellites and folding chairs in the prime real estate perpendicular to Guthrie’s address.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

ANE generates an electrical voltage in a magnetic metal that is perpendicular to the magnetisation and a temperature gradient.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

But, on the day of an equinox, the tilt of Earth's axis is perpendicular to the Sun's rays, producing a nearly equal amount of day and night all over the world.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2024

I had to draw a picture for Dorothy just to get her to understand that two lines were parallel if they were both perpendicular to a third line.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam