PERPENDICULAR


Meaning of PERPENDICULAR in English

[adjective] [not gradable] [formal or specialized] - at an angle of 90° to a horizontal line or surface, or (specialized) at an angle of 90° to another line or surfaceWe scrambled up the nearly perpendicular side of the mountain.(specialized) The wheel rotates about an axis which is perpendicular to the plane.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.