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perpendicular style
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Perpendicular style
(gcide) | Perpendicular \Per`pen*dic"u*lar\, a. [L. perpendicularis,
perpendicularius: cf. F. perpendiculaire. See Perpendicle,
Pension.]
1. Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at
right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a
right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
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2. (Geom.) At right angles to a given line or surface; as,
the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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Perpendicular style (Arch.), a name given to the latest
variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed
from the close of the 14th century to the early part of
the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of
its window mullions.
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perpendicular style
(wn) | perpendicular style
n 1: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England;
characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor)
arch and fan vaulting [syn: perpendicular, {perpendicular
style}, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture] |
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