perpendicular
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, southerly winds pushed the system right up against — and perpendicular to — the Santa Ynez Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times
By contrast, transverse interactions are a recently discovered class of forces that act perpendicular to that central axis.
From Science Daily
With a forkball that looked as if it was dropping perpendicular to the ground, he struck out the first two batters he faced.
From Los Angeles Times
Another phrase you might hear to describe a bowler is "beyond the perpendicular".
From BBC
ANE generates an electrical voltage in a magnetic metal that is perpendicular to the magnetisation and a temperature gradient.
From Science Daily
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