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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

perpendiculum

;

per

pendere

to hang: cf. F.

perpendicule

Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.

[Obs.]

Noun.

[L. perpendiculum.]

Something hanging down in a direct line; a plumb line.

perpendicle ‎(plural perpendicles)