Difference between Straight Line and Perpendicular

STRAIGHT LINE vs PERPENDICULAR: NOUN

A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points. syn.

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
A straight line at right angles to another line
A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
An extremely steep face
A line or plane perpendicular to a given line or plane.
A perpendicular position.
A device, such as a plumb line, that is used in marking the vertical from a given point.
A vertical or nearly vertical line or plane.
In ship-building, one of the three conventional lines perpendicular to the line of the keel, used as reference lines from which measurements in the fore-and-aft direction are taken.
A line at right angles to the plane of the horizon; a line that coincides in direction with a radius of the earth or with the direction of gravity.
2. In geometry, a line that meets another line or a place at right angles, or makes equal angles with it on every side.
In gunnery, a small instrument for finding the center-line of a piece of ordnance, in the operation of pointing it at an object; a gunner's level.
A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.
A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.

Of or relating to a style of English Gothic architecture of the 1300s and 1400s, characterized by emphasis of the vertical element.
At or forming a right angle (to).
A name given to the latest variety of English Gothic architecture, which prevailed from the close of the 14th century to the early part of the 16th; -- probably so called from the vertical style of its window mullions.
At right angles to a given line or surface.
Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
Being at right angles to the horizontal; vertical. : vertical.
At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
Extremely steep
Intersecting at or forming right angles

So steep as to be nearly vertical
In zoology, forming a right angle with the longitudinal or latitudinal axis of the body: as, a perpendicular head; epimeron perpendicular, etc.
In geometry, meeting a given line or surface (to which it is said to be perpendicular) at right angles.
Perfectly vertical; at right angles with the plane of the horizon; passing (if extended through the center of the earth; coinciding with the direction of gravity.

Torrens, Rip current, Rail line, Western australia, Beacon hill, Bus station, Forfar, Glengarry, Earnings per share, Belmont stakes, Cup final, Aintree, Godolphin, Curragh, Connemara

Transversely, English gothic architecture, Unsloped, Perpendicular style, English gothic, Plumb line, Upended, Normal, Steep, Plumb, Right, Upright, Vertical, Rectangular, Orthogonal

Bridle path, Favourable, Jambos, Golden star, Duelled, Rip current, Bus station, Forfar, Earnings per share, Belmont stakes, Cup final, Aintree, Godolphin, Curragh, Connemara

Curved, Angular, Diagonal, Horizontal, Transversely, Unsloped, Upended, Normal, Steep, Plumb, Right, Upright, Vertical, Rectangular, Orthogonal

Also think of practical applications of these symmetries for constructing a straight line or for determining if a line is straight.
Taxpayers were permitted to calculate depreciation only under the declining balance method switching to straight line or the straight line method.
The most popular online free tools to make straight line and grid line Line Graphs.
Grid notes help you draw a straight line, create drawings and sketches, handwrite in a straight line, keep proportions and more.
Saw a straight line of what seemed like a hundred or more white lights in a straight line.
Introduction to plotting straight line graphs AB is a straight line graphs adjacent.
To draw a straight line, hold down the shift key while you drag, and the line will be locked straight.
Let the straight line AB be set up on the straight line CD, making angles DBA and ABC as shown.
Straight Line Distance The straight line distance from Harrison, Maine to Riverdale, Georgia is miles.
Straight Line Y Intercept of a Straight Line Test Yourself Graphs Index.

This vector is perpendicular to both lines and is therefore perpendicular to the tangent plane.
They are perpendicular to each other and both are perpendicular to the direction of travel.
This year, I had students practice writing lines parallel, perpendicular, and neither parallel nor perpendicular to a set of equations.
SIGN, PERPENDICULAR WALL A projecting sign erected perpendicular to the building upon which it is placed.
For the perpendicular line, I have to find the perpendicular slope.
Be aware that perpendicular lines may not look obviously perpendicular on a graphing calculator unless we use the square zoom feature.
Perpendicular Line: Perpendicular lines are lines that meet or cross to form a right angle.
For example, a perpendicular bisector construction may not end up exactly in the middle or perpendicular.
Perpendicular to Cover Places rebar perpendicular to the work plane and perpendicular to the nearest cover reference.
Use corydinate find parallel perpendicular lines, determine whether lines are parallel, perpendicular, or neither write equations of parallel lines and perpendicular lines Getting Ready!