Key term for Edexcel GCSE Mathematics, used in Properties and Constructions.
The length of the unique, straight line segment joining a point to a line at a 90-degree angle, representing the shortest possible path.
Perpendicular distance appears in Edexcel GCSE Mathematics revision content for Geometry and Measures, especially Properties and Constructions and Constructions and Loci.
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