perpendicular.

1. Meeting or oriented at a right angle to a specified line, plane, or direction.

2. The late English Gothic architectural style characterized especially by strong vertical lines and elaborate window tracery.

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Words that belong together

• perpendicular walls
• perpendicular to the path

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The second wall stood perpendicular to the first.

A line perpendicular to the path marked the old property limit.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Relational or positional adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.