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kathetal

kathetal adjective: making a right angle; perpendicular.

Adjective

kathetal (not comparable)

  1. Making a right angle; perpendicular
    • kathetal joints
    • kathetal surface

Origin of kathetal

From Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos, “perpendicular”) + -al.

Questions about kathetal

What does kathetal mean?
Kathetal means making a right angle; perpendicular.
What part of speech is kathetal?
Kathetal is an adjective.

Words near kathetal in the dictionary

  1. kathenotheist
  2. kathenotheistic
  3. kathenotheists
  4. Katherine
  5. Katheryn
  6. kathetal
  7. kathete
  8. kathetes
  9. kathetometer
  10. kathetometers
  11. Kathgodam

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