1.
[syn: orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition]
2. the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Perpendicularity \Per`pen*dic`u*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
perpendicularit['e].]
The quality or state of being perpendicular.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perpendicularity
n 1: the relation of opposition between things at right angles
[syn: orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal
opposition]
2: the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane
(especially the plane of the horizon)