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Definition: Def. 11.03: Straight Line at Right Angles To a Plane

(Definition 3 from Book 11 of Euclid's “Elements”)

A straight line is at right angles to a plane when it makes right angles with all of the straight lines joined to it which are also in the plane.

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Propositions: 20 21 22 23 24

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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