perpendicularity

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

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

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

Any one but Professor Tartlet placed in this sort of unstable equilibrium would have tottered on his base, but the professor preserved an absolute perpendicularity.

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Verne, Jules

Aplomb, a-plom′, n. the perpendicular, perpendicularity: self-possession, coolness.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

You will be able to ascertain the exact degree of perpendicularity in Addie’s case without an enormous waste of time or money.

From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver