perpendicularity

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Symmetry and perpendicularity reign, with fewer than five sculptures placed diagonally.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

The fish, when brought close up to the canoe, sometimes dashes beneath it, to the great peril of rod, reel, and leader, if not to the perpendicularity of the canoe itself.

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

Of new definitions we mention those which relate to the perpendicularity and the inclination of lines and planes.

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

Congruence is extended in any space beyond parallel rects to all rects by two axioms depending on perpendicularity.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

In this way we have pointed out unique and definite properties in nature which correspond to perpendicularity.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North