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ver·ti·cal  (vûrt-kl)
adj.
1. Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.
2. Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.
3. Anatomy Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
4. Economics Relating to or involving all stages from production to sale: vertical integration.
5. Relating to or composed of elements at different levels, as of society.
n.
1. Something vertical, as a line, plane, or circle.
2. A vertical position.

[Late Latin verticlis, overhead, from Latin vertex, vertic-, highest point; see vertex.]

verti·cali·ty (-kl-t), verti·cal·ness (-kl-ns) n.
verti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: vertical, upright, perpendicular, plumb
These adjectives mean being at or approximately at right angles to the horizon or to level ground. Vertical and upright are often used to signify contrast with what is horizontal: wallpaper with vertical stripes; an upright column.
Perpendicular and plumb are generally used to specify an angle of precisely 90 degrees: a perpendicular escarpment; careful to make the doorjambs plumb.

vertical
Adjective
1. at right angles to the horizon: the vertical cliff
2. straight up and down: a vertical cut
3. Econ of or relating to associated or consecutive, though not identical, stages of industrial activity: the purchase of a chain of travel agents by a leading tour operator will increase vertical integration in the holiday industry
Noun
a vertical line or direction [from Latin vertex top, pole of the sky]
vertically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vertical - something that is oriented vertically
orientation - position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions
2.verticalvertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
goalpost - one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field
jamb - upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
scantling, stud - an upright in house framing
scape, shaft - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
stile - an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or building
Adj.1.verticalvertical - at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
steep - having a sharp inclination; "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"
straight - having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
2.vertical - relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
3.verticalvertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
4.vertical - of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"
hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical - classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; "it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"

vertical
Translations
vertical [ˈvəːtɪkl] adjvertical

vertical [ˈvəːtɪkl] adjvertical(e)
nverticale f

vertical [ˈvəːtɪkl] adjvertikal, senkrecht
nVertikale f

vertical [ˈvəːtɪkl] adj, nverticale (m)

vertical
adj vertical [ˈvəːtikəl]
standing straight up at right angles to the earth's surface, or to a horizontal plane or line; upright The hillside looked almost vertical. vertikaal عَمودي вертикален svislý lodret senkrecht κάθετος vertical vertikaalne عمود kohtisuora vertical נִיצָב लम्बरूप okomit függőleges tegak lóðréttur verticale 垂直の 수직의, 직립한 vertikalus vertikāls; statenisks tegak verticaal loddrett, stående pionowy vertical vertical; pe verti­cală вертикальный zvislý, vertikálny navpičen vertikalan vertikal, lodrät ซึ่งตั้งตรง dikey 垂直的 вертикальний عمودي thẳng đứng, dọc
adv vertically
vertikaal عَمودِياً отвесно svisle lodret vertikal κάθετα verticalmente vertikaalselt بطور عمود kohtisuoraan verticalement אֲנַכִי लम्बाकार में okomito függőlegesen secara tegak lóðrétt verticalmente 垂直に 수직으로, 직립하여 vertikaliai vertikāli; stateniski menegak verticaal loddrett, stående pionowo verticalidade vertical вертикально zvislo, vertikálne navpično vertikalno vertikalt อย่างตั้งตรง dikey olarak 垂直地 вертикально عمودي حالت ميں thẳng đứng, dọc


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A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as "support," that is to say, vertical in front of the left shoulder, the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chest -- a formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body.
The horizontal diameter was fifty feet, and the vertical diameter seventy-five feet.
The burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards Ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.
 
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