perpendicular
Example Sentences
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The front door is easily visible from the road—but likely out of eye or camera sight from even the neighbors up the hill on perpendicular Cerrada Chica.
The racer is traversing the hill perpendicular to the fall line, almost moving in an upward direction.
From Los Angeles Times
A stream of oil introduced from a perpendicular direction then broke the combined flow into extremely small droplets, each one fully encapsulated.
From Science Daily
The images revealed two separate gas flows moving in perpendicular directions -- a sign that the event involved multiple ejections interacting with each other.
From Science Daily
Meanwhile, southerly winds pushed the system right up against — and perpendicular to — the Santa Ynez Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times
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