perpendicular

英 [ˌpɜːpənˈdɪkjələ(r)]

美 [ˌpɜːrpənˈdɪkjələr]

adj. 垂直的; 成直角的; 垂直式的(英国14、15世纪盛行的建筑风格，以使用垂直线和大拱为特征)
n. 垂直线(或位置、方向)

BNC.22300 / COCA.13882

牛津词典

adj.

垂直的；成直角的
forming an angle of 90˚ with another line or surface; vertical and going straight up
1. Are the lines perpendicular to each other?
  这些直线相互垂直吗？
2. The staircase was almost perpendicular (= very steep) .
  楼梯几乎成垂直的了。
垂直式的（英国14、15世纪盛行的建筑风格，以使用垂直线和大拱为特征）
connected with a style of architecture common in England in the 14th and 15th centuries, that makes use of vertical lines and wide arches

noun

垂直线（或位置、方向）
a line, position or direction that is exactly perpendicular
1. The wall is a little out of the perpendicular.
  墙壁有点倾斜。

ADJ-GRADED 垂直的；笔直的
Aperpendicularline or surface points straight up, rather than being sloping or horizontal.
1. We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose...
  我们划了两道缝儿做眼睛,另外划了一条竖线做鼻子。
2. The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular.
  湖岸几乎都是垂直的。
ADJ 垂直（于）的；成90度角的
If one thing isperpendicular toanother, it is at an angle of 90 degrees to it.
1. The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
  左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。

noun

an extremely steep face
a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity
Synonym:plumb line
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England
Synonym:perpendicular styleEnglish-GothicEnglish-Gothic architecture
a straight line at right angles to another line

adj

extremely steep
1. the great perpendicular face of the cliff
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
1. a vertical camera angle
2. the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab
3. measure the perpendicular height
Synonym:vertical
intersecting at or forming right angles
1. the axes are perpendicular to each other

And, we can also use that to find a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, A and B.
还可以用外积来找到一个向量，使它和给定的向量A及B垂直。
The floor is perpendicular to the sidewalls.
地板与边墙是成直角的。
The directional derivative in a direction that's perpendicular to the gradient is basically zero.
垂直于梯度的方向上，方向导数为零。
The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular.
湖岸几乎都是垂直的。
A surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis.
抛物面一种有与单坐标轴平行的抛物截面和与该轴垂直的椭圆截面的平面。
We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose
我们划了两道缝儿做眼睛，另外划了一条竖线做鼻子。
And work is a dot product between force and the direction of motion, perpendicular to each other.
压力和，运动方向的，数量积彼此垂直。
The length of the arrow shows the approximate speed in a direction perpendicular to the line of sight.
图中的箭头长度近似的表示在垂直于我们的视线的面上，这三个星系团的速度。
When a surface is perpendicular to the rays, their intensity is at its maximum.
当表面与射线垂直时，射线的强度最大。
The left wing dipped until it was perpendicular to the ground.
左翼下垂至与地面成90度角。