Perpendicular - Perpendicular Symbol

Perpendicular Symbol

The perpendicular symbol is . For example, indicates that line AB is perpendicular to line CD.

In the Unicode character set, the perpendicular sign has the codepoint U+27C2 and is part of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A range. It looks similar to the up tack symbol (U+22A5).

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