different between perpendicular vs precipitous

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)

1. (geometry) at or forming a right angle (to something).

   Synonyms: normal, orthogonal

2. Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
3. 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!

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Noun

perpendicular (plural perpendiculars)

1. (geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.
2. A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
3. (obsolete, slang) A meal eaten at a tavern bar while standing up.

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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)

1. perpendicular

Derived terms

• perpendicularment

Noun

perpendicular f (plural perpendiculars)

1. 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)

1. perpendicular

Noun

perpendicular f (plural perpendiculares)

1. perpendicular

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

From French perpendiculaire

Noun

perpendicular f (plural perpendiculare)

1. 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)

1. perpendicular

Derived terms

• perpendicularmente

English

Etymology

From obsolete French précipiteux, from Vulgar Latin *praecipitosus. Equivalent to precipice (“steep”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???s?p?t?s/

Adjective

precipitous

1. Steep, like a precipice

2. Headlong

3. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

Synonyms

• (steep): brant, steep-to
• (headlong): headlong, precipitant, precipitous
• (hasty, rash): heedless, hotheaded, impetuous; see also Thesaurus:reckless
• (sudden): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden

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