Perpendicular Symbol

In geometry, the perpendicular symbol is used to show that two lines are perpendicular lines to eachother. Visually, the symbol is made up of two lines which form a perpendicular angle. Typically the perpendicular symbol is used in an expression like this:

In plain langauge this means that the line defined by the two points $A$ and $B$ and the other line defined by the two points $C$ and $D$ are perpendicular to each other.

Symbol	Format	Data
⊥	Unicode	8869
$$\perp$$	TeX	\perp
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