'Vertical' definitions:
Definition of 'vertical'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: vertical, perpendicular] [ant: horizontal, inclined]
adjective
Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
adjective
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, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect]
adjective
Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"
noun
Something that is oriented vertically
noun
A vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical]
Definition of 'Vertical'
From: GCIDE
- Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, n.
- 1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle. [1913 Webster]
- Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vertical'
From: GCIDE
- Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, a. [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one. [1913 Webster]
- Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line. [1913 Webster]
- 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 upright 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vertical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- acmatic,
- apical,
- arrowlike,
- azimuth circle,
- bluff,
- bold,
- bolt upright,
- breakneck,
- capital,
- chief,
- consummate,
- dead straight,
- direct,
- downright,
- erect,
- even,
- flat,
- head,
- headlong,
- headmost,
- highest,
- horizontal,
- in a line,
- level,
- lineal,
- linear,
- maximal,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridional,
- normal,
- orthodiagonal,
- overmost,
- paramount,
- perpendicular,
- plumb,
- plunging,
- precipitous,
- preeminent,
- rampant,
- rapid,
- rearing,
- rectilineal,
- rectilinear,
- right,
- right angle,
- ruler-straight,
- sharp,
- sheer,
- smooth,
- stand-up,
- standing up,
- steep,
- straight,
- straight-cut,
- straight-front,
- straight-side,
- straight-up,
- streamlined,
- summital,
- supreme,
- tip-top,
- top,
- topmost,
- true,
- ultimate,
- unbending,
- unbent,
- unbowed,
- unbroken,
- uncurved,
- undeflected,
- undeviating,
- undistorted,
- uninterrupted,
- unswerving,
- unturned,
- up-and-down,
- upended,
- upmost,
- uppermost,
- upraised,
- upreared,
- upright,
- upstanding,
- vertical circle,
- zenithal
Words containing 'Vertical'
- Verticality,
- Vertically,
- Verticalness,
- Vertices,
- Verticity,
- Prime vertical,
- Seismic vertical,
- Vertical angle,
- Vertical anthers,
- Vertical circle,
- Vertical drill,
- Vertical fire,
- Vertical leaves,
- Vertical limb,
- Vertical line,
- Vertical plane,
- Vertical sash,
- vertical bank,
- vertical combination,
- vertical fault,
- vertical file,
- vertical fin,
- vertical flute,
- vertical integration,
- vertical section,
- vertical stabiliser,
- vertical stabilizer,
- vertical surface,
- vertical tail,
- vertical union,
- Deviation of the line of the vertical,
- Prime vertical dial,
- Vertical steam engine,
- Prime-vertical dial,
- Prime-vertical transit instrument