different between perpendicular vs crossbeam
perpendicular
English
Etymology
From Middle French perpendiculaire, from Old French perpendiculer, from Latin perpendiculum (“plumb line”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??.p?n?d?k.j?.l?(?)/ enPR: pû"p?nd?'ky?l?(r),
- (US) IPA(key): /p?.p?n?d?k.ju.l?/, /p?.p?n?d?k.j?.l?/
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)
Adjective
perpendicular (comparative more perpendicular, superlative most perpendicular)
- (geometry) at or forming a right angle (to something).
- Synonyms: normal, orthogonal
- Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
- Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.
- 2019 May 31, David M. Willis, "Wrangled", Dumbing of Age:
- Hey, I'm not unsabotaging anything! This is completely perpendicular sabotage!
- 2019 May 31, David M. Willis, "Wrangled", Dumbing of Age:
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
perpendicular (plural perpendiculars)
- (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
- A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
- (obsolete, slang) A meal eaten at a tavern bar while standing up.
Translations
See also
- ? (This symbol can be pronounced “perp” when used as a subscript of a letter representing a vector.)
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin perpendicul?ris, from perpendiculum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.p?n.di.ku?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.p?n.di.ku?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pe?.pen.di.ku?la?/
Adjective
perpendicular (masculine and feminine plural perpendiculars)
- perpendicular
Derived terms
- perpendicularment
Noun
perpendicular f (plural perpendiculars)
- perpendicular
Further reading
- “perpendicular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “perpendicular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “perpendicular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “perpendicular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin perpendicul?ris, from perpendiculum.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /p??.p?.di.ku.?la?/
- Hyphenation: per?pen?di?cu?lar
Adjective
perpendicular (plural perpendiculares, comparable)
- perpendicular
Noun
perpendicular f (plural perpendiculares)
- perpendicular
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
From French perpendiculaire
Noun
perpendicular f (plural perpendiculare)
- perpendicular
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin perpendicul?ris, from perpendiculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe?pendiku?la?/, [pe?.p?n?.d?i.ku?la?]
Adjective
perpendicular (plural perpendiculares)
- perpendicular
Derived terms
- perpendicularmente
perpendicular From the web:
- what perpendicular lines
- what perpendicular mean
- what perpendicular lines look like
- what perpendicular sides
- what perpendicular lines form
crossbeam
English
Etymology
cross +? beam
Noun
crossbeam (plural crossbeams)
- A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
- The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
- (nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
Translations
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