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Perpendicularity

noun
1.
The relation of opposition between things at right angles.  Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality.
2.
The quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon).





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"Perpendicularity" Quotes from Famous Books



... passionless piece you can imagine; a couple of saints who worship the Virgin and child. Nevertheless it awakens a deeper impression than the contortions of ten crucified martyrs. For, beside all the resistless beauty of form, it possesses in the highest degree the property of the perpendicularity of all the figures." This perpendicularity we demand of all the figures in this picture of life. Let them stand on their feet, and not float and swing. Let us know where to find them. Let them discriminate between what they remember and what they dreamed. Let them call a spade a spade.[673] Let ...
— Essays • Ralph Waldo Emerson


Words linked to "Perpendicularity" :   orthogonal opposition, rectangularity, perpendicular, oblongness, opposition


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