perpendicularity

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

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

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

But now they had above them the ten feet of sheer perpendicularity down which Dan had indiscreetly jumped, following Penn's lead.

From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

"Two solemn facts, but they won't wash the dishes," rejoined Kat, balancing over the bannisters, in a way that threatened immediate perpendicularity, with a change of base from what was customary.

From Six Girls A Home Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

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 Darwin, Erasmus