A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below.
Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
To gauge or assess the various vertical leans of a tree as part of the sizeup completed prior to felling.
To gauge or assess the various types of lean in a tree.
The vertical stem of the boat located at the bow.
Vertical or nearly so. Usually refers to the end shape of the boat without any overhang.
A line or plane perpendicular to the Earth's surface.
the metal bob of a plumb line
exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle"
That which is vertically perpendicular as measured with a spirit level or plumb bob.
Precisely vertical. Also to test for, or to make vertical. Also to perform plumbing work.
The term used to define a vertical element that is perfectly perpendicular to a level surface above or below.
Said of a member when it is in true vertical position as determined by a plumb bob or vertical level.
Perfectly vertical, perpendicular with the floor.
CUT The end of the top chord is cut to to provide for a vertical (plumb) installation of fascia and rain gutter. The other common option is for the Truss tails to be SQUARE CUT.
This is a term indicating that something is vertical. Typically a level is used to determine when something is plumb.
Exactly vertical; at right angles to the horizontal.
Exactly vertical and perpendicular.
The verticality of brickwork
When a surface is at true vertical level.
Perpendicular to a true level.
The state of being in the true vertical plane.
Straight up and down, perfectly vertical.
A position or measurement that is truly and exactly vertical, 90° from a level surface.
Vertically straight, in relation to a horizontally level surface.
Meaning absolutely vertical or square. An accurate measurement taken using a weight and string or a level.
A TERM USED TO REFERENCE THE VERTICAL, I.E., IF A WALL IS PLUMB, IT IS STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN IN THE VERTICAL PLANE. A DOOR FRAME MUST BE PLUMB, SQUARE, AND LEVEL. A WINDOW FRAME AND A FOUNDATION SHOULD BE TOO. SO SHOULD LOTS OF OTHER STUFF IN A WELL BUILT HOME.
A member or unit which is exactly vertical. A door should be hung plumb.
Exactly perpendicular; vertical.
A term used to describe something that is perfectly perpendicular to the earth relative to gravity. A plumb bob on the end of a string will give you a line that is plumb or straight up and down.
The condition that exists when a member is at true vertical. Home Improvement Encyclopedia
An absolutely straight vertical.
Deviation from vertical in two points on a column.
Refers to the exact vertical position of some object.
A condition that exists when a surface is exactly vertical.