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κάθετος — meaning in English

kathetos

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English meaning

  • normal adjective Usual, typical, or expected; conforming to what is standard.
  • perpendicular adjective Meeting another line or surface at a right angle (90 degrees).
  • slash noun A quick, forceful cutting stroke, or the cut it leaves.
  • vertical adj Standing straight up, at a right angle to the ground or to a horizontal line.

Senses

κάθετος is used for these senses in English:

  • normal (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
  • perpendicular (geometry) At or forming a right angle (to something).
  • slash (originally, _, US, typography) The slash mark: the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩.
  • 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.

normal — full definition

  1. adjective Usual, typical, or expected; conforming to what is standard.
  2. adjective Healthy or functioning as expected, especially in a medical sense.
  3. noun A line or direction that is perpendicular to a surface or curve.

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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