perpendicularity

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

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

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

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

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)

By these motions the muscles, which preserve the perpendicularity of the body, are alternately quiescent, and exerted; and are thus less liable to fatigue or exhaustion.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

We shall find that this discovery of definite unique properties defining perpendicularity is of critical importance in the theory of congruence which is the topic for the next lecture.

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