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отвес — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • perpendicular adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
  • plumb noun A weight on a line used to check that something is perfectly vertical.
  • plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.

Senses

отвес is used for these senses in English:

  • perpendicular A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.
  • plumb A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
  • plummet (archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.

perpendicular — full definition

  1. adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
  2. adjective Standing straight up; exactly vertical.
  3. noun A line or plane set at a right angle to another.

plumb — full definition

  1. noun A weight on a line used to check that something is perfectly vertical.
  2. adj Exactly vertical.
  3. adv Exactly or completely.
  4. verb To explore or think about something thoroughly, trying to fully understand it.
  5. verb To connect something to a water supply and drainage system.

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