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.

Name Command Output
Perpendicular \perp Perpendicular symbol.
Not Perpendicular \not\perp Not Perpendicular symbol.
Double Perpendicular \perp\!\!\!\!\perp Double 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.

Package Command Output
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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