perpendicularity

Other forms: perpendicularities

Definitions of perpendicularity
  1. noun
    the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon)
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    type of:
    oblongness, rectangularity
    the property of being shaped like a rectangle
  2. noun
    the relation of opposition between things at right angles
    synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality
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    type of:
    opposition
    a direction opposite to another
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