senkrecht

senken (“to sink, drop”) +‎ recht (“aligned”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/
• Hyphenation: senk‧recht

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senkrecht (strong nominative masculine singular senkrechter, not comparable)

1. vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth)

   Synonym: vertikal

   Antonyms: horizontal, waagerecht

• While waagerecht and horizontal are both common for “horizontal”, senkrecht is significantally more common than vertikal, the latter being restricted chiefly to scientific usage.

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