Definitions for vertical
ˈvɜr tɪ kəlver·ti·cal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.6 / 5 votes

1. verticalnoun

   something that is oriented vertically

2. upright, verticaladjective

   a vertical structural member as a post or stake

   "the ball sailed between the uprights"

3. vertical, perpendicularadjective

   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"

4. verticaladjective

   relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

5. erect, vertical, uprightadjective

   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"

6. verticaladjective

   of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)

   "vertical social mobility"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. verticalnoun

   A vertex or zenith

2. verticalnoun

   A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular

3. verticalnoun

   An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.

4. verticalnoun

   A vertical component of a structure.

5. verticaladjective

   along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth

6. verticaladjective

   In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.

7. verticaladjective

   Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vertical

   Vertical refers to a direction that is perpendicular to the horizon or to the ground, extending in an up-and-down or top-to-bottom manner. It is commonly used to describe a position, line, or movement that is straight up or straight down, as opposed to a horizontal direction.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Verticaladjective

   of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one

2. Verticaladjective

   perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line

3. Verticalnoun

   vertical position; zenith

4. Verticalnoun

   a vertical line, plane, or circle

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vertical

   A known direction and position.

   The houses were built on a vertical and horizontal positions.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Orientation

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vertical' in Adjectives Frequency: #674

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How to pronounce vertical?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say vertical in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vertical in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vertical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of vertical in a Sentence

1. This British daredevil:

   The Excalibur is a very unique climbing wall, instead of being vertical, it has a high-gradient overhand to it – the structure seems almost alien.

2. Corinne Lepage:

   What I quickly found embarrassing is the contradiction between the bottom-up approach that was promised and sold to the French, and the reality, it's democratic centralism, the Soviet way. Completely vertical. And also very masculine.

3. Ranger Brody Young:

   I ’m lucky to be here, vertical and mobile, to be honest.

4. Robert McKeeman:

   We have real-time communication through GPS, so the police stations know where the officer is at all times, if he goes off on a chase, they know where he is. If he goes completely out of contact, they know where he is. They can even determine if he is lying horizontal instead of vertical and issue an emergency response.

5. Patrick Roberts:

   Town planners today in tropical regions are adopting the dispersed approach in cities rather than the dense vertical approach, so actually even today we’re now realizing that what they were doing in the past was the best way to support dense populations in a given region.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vertical
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vertical
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vertical
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=vertical