Perpendicular in a sentence

Intersection of a tangent and perpendicular from focus Perpendicular from focus to tangent Since triangles FBE and CBE are congruent, FB is perpendicular to the tangent BE.

A submerged triangular block has water forced against each point from many directions, but components of the force that are not perpendicular to the surface cancel each other out, leaving only a net perpendicular point.

Each blue vector indicating the perpendicular displacement from a point on the axis out to the helix, also represents the magnitude and direction of the electric field for an entire plane perpendicular to the axis.

The same is true of many named streets: while the numbered streets in the city run north–south, perpendicular to Broad Street, many named, non-numbered streets run east–west, perpendicular to High Street.

Do not make the mistake of fishing a sunken tree from a perpendicular position, or straight across from the cover.

If the wind is blowing from behind the fire, try to run perpendicular to the wind and fire to escape from the side.

The existing perpendicular parking along the road will be converted into parallel parking as well.

Bend your front knee until it's at a 90-degree angle, keeping your front shin perpendicular to the floor.

Stationary sidewalk vendors can sell within 10 feet of a pedestrian, bike or shared-use path, perpendicular to the path if it is safe to do so.

Their device comprises over a dozen Zonai Big Wheels evenly divided across two arms, which are themselves stuck on a pair of Hover Stones connected via a perpendicular cart.

The trench, which was marked with yellow caution tape and signs declaring “open hole,’ was dug perpendicular to the Gore Range fault, which runs along the east side of the Gore Range and Tenmile Range.

Though from ground level it looks as though the roof has four large valleys, there is actually a subtle center ridgeline that runs perpendicular to the folded plates and helps to move snow and water to the outside of the roof.

Why are the axes taken as perpendicular to each other?

On an afternoon walk three weeks ago, he said he was about 20m from the dogs, walking perpendicular to them.

They would include perpendicular parking spaces, a six-foot sidewalk and drainage underneath.

Vehicles moved along one street that ran perpendicular to another, where orange cones had been placed to restrict traffic.

With up to nine stacked layers, each laid perpendicular to its neighbors, the panels are stronger — pound for pound — than concrete.

According to traffic officials, jumping the red signal always lead to collisions with vehicles coming from other directions, often opposite or perpendicular.

Drejka pulled his vehicle in behind McGlockton’s and parked perpendicular to her, effectively blocking her in. He then confronted her and began looking for a handicapped placard, while Jacobs and two children were in the vehicle.

If you see a “D,” then that means the tire has a diagonal bias with the plies are angled rather than perpendicular.