Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Solar System and Orbits.
At an angle of 90 degrees (a right angle) to a given line, surface, or direction of motion.
Perpendicular appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Astronomy, especially Solar System and Orbits and Circular Orbits Physics.
Astronomy
Solar System and Orbits • Circular Orbits Physics
Light and the electromagnetic spectrum
EM Waves Properties and Practical • EM Waves Properties
Magnetism and the motor effect
Electromagnetism • Magnetic Field around Conductor
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