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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   perpendicular

   • IPA[ˌpərpənˈdikyələr]

   美式

   • adj.
     at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface；at an angle of 90° to the ground; vertical
   • n.
     a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface；perpendicular position or direction
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface dormers and gables that extend perpendicular to the main roofline 同義詞 at right angles, at 90 degrees, square
   • ▪ at an angle of 90° to the ground; vertical the perpendicular cliff 同義詞 upright, vertical, erect, plumb, straight (up and down), ... 更多on end, standing, upended反義詞 horizontal
   • ▪ (of something with a slope) so steep as to be almost vertical guest houses seem to cling by faith to the perpendicular hillside 同義詞 steep, sheer, precipitous, abrupt, bluff, ... 更多vertiginous, rarescarped, acclivitous, declivitous
   • 2. denoting the latest stage of English Gothic church architecture, prevalent from the late 14th to mid 16th centuries and characterized by broad arches, elaborate fan vaulting, and large windows with vertical tracery the handsome Perpendicular church of St. Andrew

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface at each division draw a perpendicular representing the surface line
   • ▪ perpendicular position or direction the wall declines from the perpendicular a little inward