# \perp

The ⟂ symbol (Perpendicular, U+27C2), written as \perp in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/perp

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⟂ |
| Unicode | U+27C2 PERPENDICULAR |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\perp
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.60% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 80 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+27C2 (PERPENDICULAR).