Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pendant or something hanging down in a direct line; a plumb-line.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Something hanging straight down; a
plumb line .
Etymologies
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Latin perpendiculum; per + pendere to hang: compare French perpendicule.
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