The sense of perpendicularity, however, should constantly be cultivated. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Place water-level to ensure perpendicularity when shifting the batten towards the eaves angle!. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
There is something anarchic about things that don't conform to society's penchant for perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [Wonky Wessex] Reference
Pay attention, however, and you will see that most every frame involves the pedagogy of perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » Perpendicularity of Horatio Caine] Reference
And therefore the altitude of the planets in their exaltation in different regions ought to be noted, with respect to perpendicularity or obliquity. From Wordnik.com. [The New Organon] Reference
Yesterday, this custom of perpendicularity once again paid off, as George Stigler was named the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Award in Economic Science. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
And it must be remembered that the cliff exhibits an intensifying feature which some of those are without — sheer perpendicularity from the half-tide level. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
It comes with an inspection certificate verifying its accuracy, and also includes adjustment screws for perpendicularity, side, and index error checks, standard for all sextants. From Wordnik.com. [Oldschool Navigationsystem] Reference
"Two solemn facts, but they won't wash the dishes," rejoined Kat, balancing over the bannisters, in a way that threatened immediate perpendicularity, with a change of base from what was customary. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
The theory of perpendicularity in the timeless space of any time-system. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
This perpendicularity we demand of all the figures in this picture of life. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — First Series] Reference
This is the fundamental property which forms the definition of perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
We are now in a position to explore the fundamental character of perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
"I see," added Graines, tumbling over, but regaining his perpendicularity with a trying effort. From Wordnik.com. [A Victorious Union] Reference
It was near noon; I knew by the perpendicularity of the sun's rays, which were no longer refracted. From Wordnik.com. [Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English] Reference
His father, whose perpendicularity made him look like a sitting grenadier, commenced the examination thus. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Prescott's Charge] Reference
In this way we have pointed out unique and definite properties in nature which correspond to perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
Even an old sailor may find it impossible to maintain his perpendicularity when the boat is unexpectedly moved. From Wordnik.com. [Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk] Reference
Here it is necessary, that we should be habituated to both these modes of motion in order to preserve our perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
The symmetry of perpendicularity is a particular instance of the symmetry of the mutual relations between two time-systems. From Wordnik.com. [The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919] Reference
Perfect perpendicularity implies lack of understanding, but gently arched at top, capacity for cold, tranquil, profound thought. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science] Reference
We took too many tests proving the absolute perpendicularity of the Columbiad, to entertain the slightest doubt on that subject. From Wordnik.com. [All Around the Moon] Reference
The abyss is girt with a ragged wall of dark trachyte, which rises on the inside at various angles between 45° and perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America] Reference
But now, as Bob looked, he saw that a little back eddy along the perpendicularity of the cliff slowed the current close to the sheer rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Rules of the Game] Reference
It was necessarily "low studded," being only five feet from floor to ceiling, which was rather trying to the perpendicularity of a six-footer. From Wordnik.com. [The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder] Reference
The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut into continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Frankenstein] Reference
In learning to walk we judge of the distances of the objects, which we approach, by the eye; and by observing their perpendicularity determine our own. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
True Geometry Accuracy ® means Kitamura Mycenters never use geometry compensation in manufacture to adjust squareness, parallelism or perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News] Reference
Professor Tartlet placed in this sort of unstable equilibrium would have tottered on his base, but the professor preserved an absolute perpendicularity. From Wordnik.com. [Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery] Reference
And it must be remembered that the cliff exhibits an intensifying feature which some of those are without -- sheer perpendicularity from the half-tide level. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
By degrees the back of the sage stiffened into perpendicularity, and he sat for a few moments erect on his seat of honour, apparently in listening deliberation. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
But even a coachman accustomed to regard himself as the main representative of the unbending perpendicularity of a ten-million family must give way a little before a. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith Doctor A Story of New York] Reference
By these motions the muscles, which preserve the perpendicularity of the body, are alternately quiescent, and exerted; and are thus less liable to fatigue or exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
His perpendicularity has just been restored by a deft upward movement of Aunt Harriet's shoulder, upon which he had inadvertently rested his head during a quiet snooze while. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises] Reference
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