 DEFINITIONS. 1 . A straight line is perpendicular to a plane, when it is perpendicular to every straight line of the plane which it meets.  An Elementary Geometry - Page 64by William Frothingham Bradbury - 1872 - 110 pagesFull view - About this book
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