senkrecht — meaning in English

English meaning

• orthogonal adj Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.
• 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.
• sheer adjective Thin enough to see through.
• vertical adj Standing straight up, at a right angle to the ground or to a horizontal line.
• vertically adv In an up-and-down direction, at a right angle to the horizon.

Senses

senkrecht is used for these senses in English:

• orthogonal (mathematics)
• orthogonal Of a pair of elements in an ortholattice: each less than or equal to the orthocomplement of the other.
• perpendicular (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).
• plumb In a vertical direction; perpendicularly.
• sheer Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
• vertical Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
• vertically In a vertical direction or position.

orthogonal — full definition

1. adj Describes two things that meet or cross each other at a ninety-degree angle.
2. adj (maths) Describes two vectors whose inner product is zero, making them perpendicular.
3. adj (maths) Describes a square matrix whose transpose is the same as its inverse.
4. adj (maths) Describes a linear transformation that leaves angles unchanged.

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.

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