end-on

Tip to tip

End-on describes something positioned with its end facing toward you or toward something else, rather than its side: The ship approached end-on, We viewed the cylinder end-on.

The orientation matters in contexts from photography to physics, where an end-on view reveals different information than a broadside perspective.

orientation

perpendicular

At right angles

axialAlong a rotation line
lengthwiseAlong the longer dimension
longitudinalAlong the longer dimension

head-first · nose-first · aligned · direct · frontal · coaxial · linear

viewing

profile

Side-facing outline

silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
foreshortenedDepicted with compressed depth
perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering

cross-section · aspect · elevation · broadside

collision

impact

Forceful contact or consequence

crashSudden violent impact
ramAdult male sheep
buttRear of body

strike · hit · smash · bump · pile-up · crumple · fender-bender · shunt · tailgate

Opposites

orientation/approach angle

end-onsideways

Toward one side

broadside · laterally · abeam · athwart · crosswise

Family

end, on, ends, ended, ending, endless, endlessly, unending, ender

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G