Perpendicular vs Equitable - What's the difference?

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Perpendicular is a related term of equitable.

As adjectives the difference between perpendicular and equitable

is that perpendicular is (architecture) of a style of english gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries while equitable is just, equitable, fair.

perpendicular

English

(wikipedia perpendicular)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(geometry) At or forming a right angle (to).

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In most houses, the walls are perpendicular to the floor .

Synonyms

* evendown * normal * orthogonal

Noun

(en noun)

(geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.

A device such as a plumb line that is used in making or marking a perpendicular line.

equitable

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Marked by or having equity.

Fair, just, or impartial.

* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.

I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.

(legal) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.