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Perpendicularity

noun

The relation of opposition between things at right angles. Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality.

The quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon).

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"Perpendicularity" Quotes from Famous Books

... of success. When, in addition to the lie being cuppy, the turf is at all soft and spongy—and these two circumstances are frequently combined—the ball very often skids off the face of the club, chiefly because of its perpendicularity, instead of rising nicely from the moment of impact as it would do when carefully played by a suitable cleek. Of course if the turf is firm there is much greater chance of success with the driving mashie than if it is loose. But ...

— The Complete Golfer [1905] • Harry Vardon

... days would have been days of ceaseless motion. We should have been shuttle-cocked from maiden to mother and from mother to maiden after a fashion calculated to defeat the wise purposes of ipecac and paregoric, and to frighten our natural curls into a state of painful perpendicularity. The mere presentment of such a possibility, carries its refutation, and puts the aggressions of this Sacramento hen in the category of outrages which all society is banded to suppress. If you must laugh, O generation of scoffers, make ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 28, 1870 • Various

Words linked to "Perpendicularity" : rectangularity, opposition, perpendicular, oblongness, orthogonality