perpendicularity

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

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

Phillida alighted from the car in the neighborhood of the Graydon, whose mountainous dimensions deflected the March wind into sudden and disagreeable backsets and whirling eddies that threatened the perpendicularity of foot-passengers.

From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Eggleston, Edward

The abyss is girt with a ragged wall of dark trachyte, which rises on the inside at various angles between forty-five degrees and perpendicularity.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various

The abyss is girt with a ragged wall of dark trachyte, which rises on the inside at various angles between 45° and perpendicularity.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

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