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schietlood — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • perpendicular adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
  • plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.

Senses

schietlood 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.
  • 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.

plummet — full definition

  1. verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
  2. noun A sudden, steep drop or decline.

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