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