What does vertical mean?
Definitions for vertical
ˈvɜr tɪ kəlver·ti·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
verticalnoun
something that is oriented vertically
upright, verticaladjective
a vertical structural member as a post or stake
"the ball sailed between the uprights"
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"
verticaladjective
relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
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"
verticaladjective
of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
"vertical social mobility"
Wiktionary
verticalnoun
A vertex or zenith
verticalnoun
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular
verticalnoun
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
verticalnoun
A vertical component of a structure.
verticaladjective
along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth
verticaladjective
In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.
verticaladjective
Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
Webster Dictionary
Verticaladjective
of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one
Verticaladjective
perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line
Verticalnoun
vertical position; zenith
Verticalnoun
a vertical line, plane, or circle
Etymology: [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]
Editors Contribution
vertical
A known direction and position.
The houses were built on a vertical and horizontal positions.
Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'vertical' in Adjectives Frequency: #674
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vertical in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vertical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of vertical in a Sentence
We're no longer talking about the merger of the big guys. I think we should have the vertical integration, with the cloud, the system and the car. All together, from China — we can do Audi China better.
What sets Canada out as an outlier is the extent of vertical integration, the companies that own the pipes also own the content providers whose messages are flowing over those pipes.
Bad decisions in Washington have consistently favored the interests of multinational corporations and big business lobbyists over the interests of family farmers, mergers mean that farmers have fewer and fewer choices for buying and selling, while vertical integration has meant that big agribusinesses face less competition throughout the chain and thus capture more and more of the profits.
The fact that you've got these millennials delaying life and not getting married and not having kids is not a function of the fact that they are completely different from every other generation, it's a reflection that they went to college and ran up debt and couldn't find a job. Now that the economy is starting to improve for these folks, household formations have literally gone vertical.
No one was shooting vertical video before Evan Spiegel, no one was making Stories [ photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours ], no one was visually communicating, evan Spiegel has done an incredible job [ innovating ].
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- عمودي, رأسيArabic
- şaquliAzerbaijani
- খাড়াBengali
- verticalCatalan, Valencian
- svislýCzech
- fertigolWelsh
- lodretDanish
- senkrecht, vertikalGerman
- κατακόρυφοςGreek
- vertikalaEsperanto
- verticalSpanish
- عمودیPersian
- pystysuoraFinnish
- verticalFrench
- dìreachScottish Gaelic
- verticalGalician
- אנכיHebrew
- खड़ा, लंबवत्Hindi
- ուղղահայացArmenian
- lóðréttIcelandic
- verticaleItalian
- 垂直, 直立, 縦Japanese
- 수직선Korean
- verticaalDutch
- pionowyPolish
- verticalPortuguese
- verticalRomanian
- вертикальныйRussian
- lodrätt, vertikal, vertikalt, lodrätSwedish
- செங்குத்துTamil
- แนวตั้งThai
- dikeyTurkish
- 垂直Chinese
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