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Perpendicular distance
In
geometry
, the
perpendicular
distance
between two
objects
is
the distance
from one to
the other
, measured along
a line
that is perpendicular to one or both.
In particular, see:
Distance from a point to a line, for the perpendicular
distance from a point to a line
in
two-dimensional space
Point on plane closest to origin, for the perpendicular distance from the origin to a plane in
three-dimensional space
Plane #Distance from a point to a plane, for the perpendicular distance from an
arbitrary
point to a plane in three-dimensional
space
Skew lines#Distance, for the perpendicular
distance between two lines
in three-dimensional space
Deming
regression
and
total least squares
,
statistical methods
for
fitting a line
to a
data set
that use perpendicular distance to measure the quality of a
fit
