perpendicular
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Darly’s 1775 portrait, Corporal Perpendicular, is the earliest work in the exhibition and will be exhibited alongside art by Audrey Niffenegger, Posy Simmonds, Sarah Lightman and Kate Brown.
From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016
Perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes, assuming neither is vertical.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
Perpendicular to him lay a patient, still alive but rigid, motionless and prostrate.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2014
I emphasized this contrarian aspect of Dyson's personality in my 1993 profile of him for Scientific American, titled "Perpendicular to the Mainstream".
From Scientific American • Jan. 7, 2011
Half-way between Cambridge and Newmarket, and half a mile from the main road, stands the fine Church of Bottisham, with good Decorated windows, a stone rood screen of Perpendicular work, and noteworthy sedilia and piscina.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
Vocabulary lists containing perpendicular
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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