be perpendicular to something• This shows the simple case of a spinaxis which is perpendicular to the line of sight.• The viewpointis perpendicular to the orbitalplane.
perpendicular• We make sure our horizontalstrokesprecede our perpendicular.• Ensure that the plumbline is perpendicular before you start to draw the line.• His eyes were deep set, his nosethin and perpendicular, his mouthnarrow and open.• The transmittedbeamconsists only of photons with the perpendicular polarisation.• a perpendicularpole• Looking over his left shoulder, he raises his arms perpendicular to his sides.• A1 and A2: carbon-bearing, electrolyte-saturated, measurementdirectionparallel and perpendicular to planes of foliation respectively.• The leaves are arranged so that each pair is situatedperpendicular to the axis of the preceding leaves.• Each of us spotted a different line of cobblesextending across the plain, perpendicular to the prevailinggradient of slope.• In a graph, the x-axis is perpendicular to the y-axis.• Behind them, there was a perpendicular wall of rock.• Looked a bitperpendicular when I saw it.
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AAin the style of 14th- and 15th-century English churches, which are decorated with straightupright lines 〔14、15 世纪英国教堂〕垂直式装饰风格的
1pointing straight up垂直VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be垂直ADVERB➤almost, nearly幾乎/差不多垂直◇an almost perpendicular staircase一段幾乎垂直的樓梯perpendicular
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2at an angle of 90° to sth成直角VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be成直角ADVERB➤approximately大約垂直➤almost幾乎垂直➤mutually互成直角◇two mutually perpendicular directions兩個互為直角的方向PREPOSITION➤to與⋯成直角◇The axis of the moon will now be exactly perpendicular to that of the earth.月軸此時與地軸正好成直角。