perpendicularity
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Symmetry and perpendicularity reign, with fewer than five sculptures placed diagonally.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2014
Whence the objects appear to librate or circulate according to the motions of our heads, which is called dizziness; and we lose the means of balancing ourselves, or preserving our perpendicularity, by vision.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Just below the exit of the pool these natural terraces all culminate in a jutting angle of the cliff, which protrudes, sharp and awful in its unbroken perpendicularity.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
Perfect perpendicularity implies lack of understanding, but gently arched at top, capacity for cold, tranquil, profound thought.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
To secure the perpendicularity of the shaft, it is necessary to leave a large mass or pillar of the seam untouched around the pit bottom.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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