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Vertical   /vˈərtɪkəl/   Listen
Vertical

adjective
1.
At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.  Synonym: perpendicular.  "The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab" , "Measure the perpendicular height"
2.
Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution.
3.
Upright in position or posture.  Synonyms: erect, upright.  "Erect flower stalks" , "For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression" , "A column still vertical amid the ruins" , "He sat bolt upright"
4.
Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group).
noun
1.
Something that is oriented vertically.
2.
A vertical structural member as a post or stake.  Synonym: upright.



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"Vertical" Quotes from Famous Books



... succeeded; there stood the pageantry of Makin marshalled on its chosen theatre. Dickens might have told how serious they were; how tipsy; how the king melted and streamed under his cocked hat; how he took station by the larger of his two cannons—austere, majestic, but not truly vertical; how the troops huddled, and were straightened out, and clubbed again; how they and their firelocks raked at various inclinations like the masts of ships; and how an amateur photographer reviewed, arrayed, and adjusted ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... the summit of the plateau can only be described as a vertical ascent; before beginning to descend, we have a few kilometres of level, that is all. As we approach the village of Sauveterre, we see one or two wild figures—shepherds, uncouth in appearance as Greek herdsmen; poorly dressed, but robust-looking, well- made ...
— The Roof of France • Matilda Betham-Edwards
... muslin that morning—white, with a waving vertical line of brown running through it; also a white linen collar and the big straw hat which she had taken from the peg outside the door. The hat rested any way on her yellow-brown hair, that waved a little, was heavy, and clung close ...
— The Awakening and Selected Short Stories • Kate Chopin
... the middle of the water-closet on a tape from her corset, fastened to the lamphook. Her body, already motionless after an unprolonged agony, was slowly swinging in the air, and describing scarcely perceptible turns to the right and left around its vertical axis. Her face was bluishly-purple, and the tip of the tongue was thrust out between clenched and bared teeth. The lamp which had been taken off was also here, ...
— Yama (The Pit) • Alexandra Kuprin
... should be submitted to the heat gradually. If the substance is of such a nature that it will sublime at a low heat, the tube should be held more horizontal, while a higher heat is attained by bringing the tube to a more vertical position. ...
— A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe • Anonymous


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