senkrecht — meaning in English
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English meaning
- orthogonal adj Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- 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
- adj Of two objects, at right angles; perpendicular to each other.
- adj Of a pair of vectors: having a zero inner product; perpendicular.
- adj Of a square matrix: such that its transpose is equal to its inverse.
- adj Of a linear transformation: preserving its angles.
perpendicular — full definition
- adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
- adjective Standing straight up; exactly vertical.
- noun A line or plane set at a right angle to another.