What is a line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side called?
perpendicular — (Geom.) A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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