Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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perpendicular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Gothic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
perpendicular (noun) | Gothic (noun) |
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an extremely steep face | a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches |
a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point | extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas |
a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting | a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries |
a straight line at right angles to another line |
perpendicular (adjective) | Gothic (adjective) |
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intersecting at or forming right angles | of or relating to the Goths |
at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line | of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths |
so steep as to be nearly vertical | characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German |