perpendicularity

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

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

It was necessarily "low studded," being only five feet from floor to ceiling, which was rather trying to the perpendicularity of a six-footer.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

The sense of perpendicularity, however, should constantly be cultivated.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

When he revolves, the irritative associations of the muscular motions, which were used to preserve his perpendicularity, become disordered by their new modes of successive exertion; and he begins to fall.

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

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