Word: perpendicularity
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...proper manner. The motions are all made distinct; namely, the swing of the body, the slide and the arm work. Mr. Keyes' idea of using the legs is that the slide should be started at the very beginning of the stroke, and stopped when the body is at the perpendicular; but he is determined that no one shall get into a habit of kicking out his slide and leaving his body out at the full reach. This is a very easy habit to get into and hard to get out of. One or two Harvard crews have got into...
...members of Yale's last year's crew will receive trophies in the form of a watch charm. The design of the trophies is two crossed tripods, with an oar perpendicular across the surface, an olive wreath about the bottom and a strand of rope on the top which will attach to the chain. On the upper part of the front will be the words, "Harvard vs. Yale, 20:10, record," and upon the back will be engraved the name and position of the men and the date of the race...
...Southern Babylonia. The essential feature of the script, after the period of picture writing was past, is the wedge. These in combination make all the signs, several hundred in number. The script read at first downwards, but afterwards to the right. The wedges have but three directions, horizontal, perpendicular, or oblique, at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Any given Babylonian writing is composed of a mixture of the signs representing objects with those representing syllables. For our ease in consulting and learning the signs they can be arranged in groups and subgroups according to their varying degrees...
Symmetry will be determined by the degree to which his line approaches the perpendicular. To ascertain his development as compared with others, observe the intersection of his line with the lines of muscle measurements...
...this case, the broken line on the chart, indicating the actual and relative standing of the individual at all parts considered, would be perpendicular...