Definition:Euclid's Definitions - Book I/10 - Right Angle

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As Euclid defined it:

When a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is called a perpendicular to that on which it stands.

(The Elements: Book I: Definition $10$)

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