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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

ver·ti·cal

[vur-ti-kuh

l] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.

2.	of, pertaining to, or situated at the vertex.

3.	of or pertaining to the cranial vertex.

Botany.

a.	(of a leaf) having the blade in a perpendicular plane, so that neither of the surfaces can be called upper or lower.

b.	being in the same direction as the axis; lengthwise.

5.	of, constituting, or resulting in vertical combination.

6.	of or pertaining to a product or service from initial planning to sale.

7.	of, pertaining to, or noting a stratified society, nation, etc.

–noun

8.	something vertical, as a line or plane.

9.	a vertical or upright position.

10.	a vertical structural member in a truss.

[Origin: 1550–60; < L verticālis, equiv. to vertic- (s. of vertex) vertex + -ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

ver·ti·cal·i·ty, ver·ti·cal·ness, ver·ti·cal·ism, noun

ver·ti·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. See upright.

—Antonyms 1. horizontal.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

ver·ti·cal (vûr'tĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.
Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.
Anatomy Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
Economics Relating to or involving all stages from production to sale: vertical integration.
Relating to or composed of elements at different levels, as of society.

Something vertical, as a line, plane, or circle.
A vertical position.

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

ver'ti·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē), ver'ti·cal·ness (-kəl-nĭs) n., ver'ti·cal·ly adv.

Synonyms: 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vertical

1559, "of or at the vertex, directly overhead," from M.Fr. vertical (1545), from L.L. verticalis "overhead," from L. vertex (gen. verticis) "highest point" (see vertex). Meaning "straight up and down" is first recorded 1704.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

vertical
adjective
1.	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" [ant: inclined, horizontal]
2.	relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
3.	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" [syn: erect] [ant: unerect]
4.	of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"
noun
1.	something that is oriented vertically
2.	a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright]

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

vertical ver·ti·cal (vûr'tĭ-kəl)
adj.

Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vertical

Ver"ti*cal\, a. [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]

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

Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion. --Jer. Taylor.

2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

Vertical angle (Astron. & Geod.), an angle measured on a vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or altitude, when reckoned from the horizon upward, and of depression when downward below the horizon.

Vertical anthers (Bot.), such anthers as stand erect at the top of the filaments.

Vertical circle (Astron.), an azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.

Vertical drill, an drill. See under Upright.

Vertical fire (Mil.), the fire, as of mortars, at high angles of elevation.

Vertical leaves (Bot.), leaves which present their edges to the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as in the Australian species of Eucalyptus.

Vertical limb, a graduated arc attached to an instrument, as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles.

Vertical line. (a) (Dialing) A line perpendicular to the horizon. (b) (Conic Sections) A right line drawn on the vertical plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone. (c) (Surv.) The direction of a plumb line; a line normal to the surface of still water. (d) (Geom., Drawing, etc.) A line parallel to the sides of a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line parallel to the top or bottom.

Vertical plane. (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of a cone, and through its axis. (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a vertical line. (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight, and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the picture.

Vertical sash, a sash sliding up and down. Cf. French sash, under 3d Sash.

Vertical steam engine, a steam engine having the crank shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vertical

Ver"ti*cal\, n. 1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.]

2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.

Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a.

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