perpendicularity

• Существительное, обозначающее состояние или свойство находиться под прямым углом к данной линии или плоскости, особенно к плоскости горизонта, или отношение противопоставления между объектами, расположенными под прямым углом.

A noun referring to the state or quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane, especially the plane of the horizon, or the relation of opposition between things at right angles.

uncountable

1. Right angle relationC2formal

   The state or condition of being at a right angle to a given line, surface, or plane.

   Перпендикулярность

   • The perpendicularity of the walls was checked with a spirit level.
   • In geometry, perpendicularity is a fundamental concept.
   • The architect ensured the perpendicularity of the columns to the base.

   Synonymsorthogonalityrectangularitysquareness

2. Opposition at right anglesC2formal

   The relationship of opposition or exact alignment between two things that meet at a 90-degree angle.

   Перпендикулярность

   • The perpendicularity of the two lines was proven by the theorem.
   • The surveyor verified the perpendicularity of the property boundaries.
   • Perpendicularity is essential in constructing stable frameworks.

   Synonymsorthogonalitysquareness

   Antonymsalignmentparallelism