"perpendicle" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin perpendiculum",
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      "expansion": "French perpendicule",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English perpendicle, from Latin perpendiculum, from per + pendere (“to hang”). Compare French perpendicule.",
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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:perpendicle."
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        "Something that hangs down, especially straight down, such as a plumb line."
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        "(uncommon, obsolete) Something that hangs down, especially straight down, such as a plumb line."
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  "word": "perpendicle"
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        "(uncommon, obsolete) Something that hangs down, especially straight down, such as a plumb line."
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  "word": "perpendicle"
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