perpendicular distance

collocation in English

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perpendicular
adjective
uk
/ˌpɜː.pənˈdɪk.jə.lər/us
/ˌpɝː.pənˈdɪk.juː.lɚ/
formal
at an angle of 90° to a horizontal line ...
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distance
noun
uk
/ˈdɪs.təns/us
/ˈdɪs.təns/
the amount of space between ...
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(Definition ofperpendicularanddistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Again, the magnitude of the pressure is proportional to theperpendiculardistancefrom the surface to the curve.
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For each animal detected, theperpendiculardistancebetween animal and transect was calculated.
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The two regions are linked by matching theperpendiculardistancebetween the roll surface and the interface.
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Upon a detection event, the time, species identity, group size,perpendiculardistanceto the animal, sighting location along t he transect and d etection cue was recorded.
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The external moments resulted in distance between the resultant force vector andperpendiculardistance to the joint centre normalised for 100% of stance phase is shown in figure 10.
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The height is theperpendiculardistancebetween the base and the opposite face.
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One defines the width of the surface in a given direction to be theperpendiculardistancebetween the parallels perpendicular to that direction.
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One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at aperpendiculardistanceof one foot from a pivot point.
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The area of the triangle is 1.5 times the length of any side times theperpendiculardistancefrom the side to the centroid.
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Thisperpendiculardistanceis called the moment arm.
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This works for any location of the apex, provided that "h" is measured as theperpendiculardistancefrom the plane which contains the base.
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To test this assumption, a t-test was run on the perpendicular distances taken for visually located birds.
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One solution then would consist of first seeking to decrease the angles between each viewed and projected line pair and afterwards reducing the resulting perpendicular distances.
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The distances "a" and "b" are the perpendicular distances between the forces and the fulcrum.
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