Each end of the chorobates had a leg positioned perpendicular to the plank. Plumb bobs at either end shown that the device was level when lined up with vertical lines drawn on the diagonal cross planks. ... Each wall and pier of the building had to be exactly perpendicular to the foundation. ... If each pair was level with it's diagonal, the post was exactly perpendicular to the ground.The Subterranean level was the first to be constructed. ...

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They dove on the German lines with machine guns rattling and releasing their 500-pound bombs. ... The heavies (allied bombers) had approached on a perpendicular course, instead of the instructed parallel course. ... As the assaulting allies grew closer to the German lines, field artillery boomed and pounded the Germans 500 yards ahead of the advancing element. ... The plan was to link the divisions together that had been slashing through the German lines, creating a large trap around German forces. ...

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The learning competencies in Geometry represents a point, line and plane using concrete and pictorial models; defines, identifies and names the subsets of a line; illustrates, names, identifies and defines the different kinds of angles; derives relationships of geometric figures using measurements and by inductive reasoning: supplementary angles, complementary angles, equal angles, adjacent angles, linear pairs, perpendicular lines and parallel lines; derives relationships between vertical angles and among angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal using measurement and by inductive ...

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The skeletal system includes the osseous tissues of the body and the connective tissues that stabilize or interconnect the individual bones. The bone is a dynamic tissue. Throughout the lifespan, bone adjusts to the physiologic and mechanical demands placed on it by the processes of growth and remod...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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