vertical, perpendicular, plumb mean being at right angles to a base line. vertical suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith. perpendicular may stress the straightness of a line …

In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft. Rotate it slowly from the horizontal into a vertical position. Plot distance on the vertical Y-axis against time on the horizontal X …

Definition of vertical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (of a line, pole, etc.) going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture, etc. The cliff was almost …

Medicine Of or relating to transmission of a disease or condition from parent to offspring, either through genetic inheritance or through circumstances occurring between conception and birth. n. 1. …

Economics of, constituting, or resulting in vertical combination. Business of or pertaining to a product or service from initial planning to sale. n. something vertical, as a line or plane. a vertical or upright …

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Vertical describes something that rises straight up from a horizontal line or plane. A telephone pole or a tree can usually be described as vertical in relation to the ground.

VERTICAL definition: being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb. See examples of vertical used in a sentence.

6 days ago · Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis. The Zebra moray is chocolate black with vertical white stripes. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, …

The architect designs buildings with strong verticals [=vertical parts] and horizontals. The cliff rose vertically to the sky.