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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.
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Adv.1.vertically - in a vertical direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
Translations
vertically [ˈvɜːtɪkəlɪ] ADVverticalmente
vertically challenged (hum) → de estatura menuda
vertically [ˈvɜːrtɪkəli] advverticalement
vertical take-off aircraft navion m à décollage vertical
vertically
advsenkrecht, vertikal; stand it vertically or it’ll fall overstell es aufrecht hin, sonst fällt es um; vertically integrated (Comm) → vertikal integriert
vertically [ˈvɜːtɪklɪ] advverticalmente


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