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perpendicular (adj.)
c.1391, from O.Fr.
perpendiculer,
from L.
perpendicularis
"vertical, as a plumb line," from
perpendiculum
"plumb line," from
perpendere
"balance carefully," from
per-
"thoroughly" +
pendere
"to weigh, to hang" (see
pendant
).
