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n. an extremely steep face

n. a straight line at right angles to another line

English-Gothic, perpendicular style, English-Gothic architecture

n. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

normal

adj. intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

right

adj. having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"

sheer, bold

adj. very steep: "the bold face of the cliff"

upright, erect, unsloped

adj. in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"

vertical

adj. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"

upright, perpendicular, erect, unsloped

adj. in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"

plumb, true

adj. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

upended

adj. turned up on end

angled

adj. forming or set at an angle; "angled parking"

bias, oblique, diagonal, skew, slanted, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, skewed

adj. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

convergent

adj. tending to come together from different directions

crossed, decussate, intersectant, intersecting

adj. crossed or intersected in the form of an X

cross-grained

adj. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

diagonal

adj. at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page"

orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled

adj. having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"

serial

adj. (computer) not simultaneous; "serial processing"

bluff, sharp, abrupt, precipitous

adj. extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

steepish

adj. somewhat steep

perpendicular, normal

adj. intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

plumb, true

adj. exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"

upended

adj. turned up on end

sloping

adj. having a slanting form or direction; "an area of gently sloping hills"; "a room with a sloping ceiling"

horizontal

adj. parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"

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