Perpendicular (⟂, ⫫) and Not Perpendicular (⟂̸) symbol in LaTeX

In this tutorial, I will show you how to get Perpendicular, Double Perpendicular, and Not Perpendicular symbols in a LaTeX document.

The following table lists the default commands and output of these symbols. take a look.

NameCommandOutput
Perpendicular\perpPerpendicular symbol.
Not Perpendicular\not\perpNot Perpendicular symbol.
Double Perpendicular\perp\!\!\!\!\perpDouble Perpendicular symbol.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

  $$\verb|X\perp Y| \rightarrow X\perp Y$$
  $$\verb|X\not\perp Y| \rightarrow X\not\perp Y$$
  $$\verb|X\perp\!\!\!\!\perp Y| \rightarrow X\perp\!\!\!\!\perp Y$$

\end{document}

Output:

Perpendicular, Double Perpendicular, and Not Perpendicular symbol in LaTeX.

Not Perpendicular with other packages

A lot of packages provide commands to get different styles of Not Perpendicular symbols.

PackageCommandOutput
None\not\perp\not\perp
MnSymbol\nperp\nperp
MnSymbol\not\perp\not\perp
mathabx\notperp\notperp
mathabx\not\perp\not\perp
fdsymbol\nperp\nperp
fdsymbol\not\perp\not\perp

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