Key term for AQA GCSE Physics, used in Moments, Levers and Gears.
The shortest distance between the pivot and the line of action of the force, always meeting at a right angle.
Perpendicular distance appears in AQA GCSE Physics revision content for Forces, especially Moments, Levers and Gears and Moments, levers and gears.
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