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perp

/pɝp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. (law enforcement) Perpetrator.
  2. At or forming a right angle (to something).
  3. Exactly upright; extending in a straight line toward the centre of the earth, etc.
  4. Independent of or irrelevant to each other; orthogonal.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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