Somehow, the bodies defy the physics of the nearly perpendicular angle.
And wirecams flying through the infield have been used to follow the horses from a perpendicular angle.
Geologic cross sections use apparent dip when they are drawn at some angle not perpendicular to strike.
The closest perpendicular angle sits at 85 degrees along the track, located on the first drop of the ride.
That suggests that the plane hit the water at a tremendous rate of speed and at a sharp, almost perpendicular, angle.
This phenomenon explains why waves on a shoreline tend to strike the shore close to a perpendicular angle.
The valley runs inland at a perpendicular angle from the coast along a bearing of 45 (northeast).
The two brigades were deployed at a perpendicular angle to one another, which made their position hard to maintain under attack.
The motorcade's limos and town cars rode at almost perpendicular angles out of the steep hotel garage.
When fired from the preferred perpendicular angle of impact, the torpedoes did not always explode.