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  Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, a. [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or
        highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith;
        perpendicularly above one.
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              Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb;
        as, a vertical line.
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     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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  Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, n.
     1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.]
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     2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.
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     Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime,
        a.
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  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.

  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.

  vertical
       adj 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" [syn: perpendicular]
              [ant: inclined, horizontal]
       2: 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, upright] [ant: unerect]
       n 1: something that is oriented vertically
       2: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
          sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright]

  vertical
     Γαλλικά n.
     κάθετος, κατακόρυφος

  vertical
     Asturian a.
     (l en vertical)
     Catalan a.
     (l en vertical)
     Galician a.
     (l en vertical)
     Piedmontese a.
     #English
     Romanian a.
     (l en vertical)

  vertical
     a.
     1 Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the
  local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line;
  perpendicular to something horizontal.
     2 In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the
  axis ''y'' oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the
  horizontal axis ''x''.
     3 In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis
  ''z'' oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane
  ''xy''.
     4 (lb en marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
     5 (lb en wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine
  type from the same winery.
     6 (lb en music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound
  simultaneously.
     n.
     1 A vertex or zenith.
     2 A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
     3 An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
     4 A vertical component of a structure.
     5 (lb en marketing) A vertical market.

  vertical
     Catalan a.
     (l en vertical)
     French a.
     (l en vertical)
     Portuguese a.
     (l en vertical)
     Spanish a.
     1 (l en vertical)
     2 portrait (q: a print orientation where the vertical sides are
  longer than the horizontal sides.; in smartphones)

  vertical
     Catalan a.
     (l en vertical)
     French a.
     (l en vertical)
     Portuguese a.
     (l en vertical)

  vertical
     Espanja a.
     pystysuora, vertikaalinen
     Ranska a.
     vertikaalinen, pystysuora

  vertical
     Franska a.
     vertikal, lodrät
     Portugisiska a.
     vertikal, lodrät

  Vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  عمودي

  vertical //ˈvɜːtɪkəl// //ˈvɝtɪkəl// 
  отвесен, вертика́лен
  being perpendicular to horizontal

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/ 
  kolmý

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/ 
  svislý

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/ 
  vertikální

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/ 
  fertigol 

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  Lotrechte 

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  Senkrechte , Vertikale 

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  Vertikale 
     Synonym: vertical line
  

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  senkrecht, vertikal, lotrecht 
   see: near vertical
  

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  seiger  [min.]
     Synonyms: perpendicular, upright
  

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  
  κάθετος

  vertical //ˈvɜːtɪkəl// //ˈvɝtɪkəl// 
  pystysuora, pysty, pystysuuntainen
  being perpendicular to horizontal

  vertical /vəːtikl/
  vertical

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/ 
  1. लम्बरूप
        "This is a vertical pole"

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  okomit, okomite, okomito, uspravan, uspravna linija, uspravno, vertikala, vertikalan, vertikalnim, vertikalno

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  1. legmagasabb ponton levô
  2. függôleges
  3. fejbúbi
  4. függôleges vonal
  5. magassági kör
  6. tetôponthoz tartozó
  7. fejtetôi
  8. zeniten levô

  vertical //ˈvɜːtɪkəl// //ˈvɝtɪkəl// 
  垂直, 直立, 縦
  being perpendicular to horizontal

  vertical /vəːtikl/
  vertikalus

  vertical /vəːtikl/
  loodrecht, rechtopstaand, verticaal, vertikaal

  vertical /ˈvɜ:tɪkəl/ 
    pionowy

  vertical /vəːtikl/
  vertical

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  vertical

  vertical //ˈvɜːtɪkəl// //ˈvɝtɪkəl// 
  lodrät, vertikal
  being perpendicular to horizontal

  vertical /vˈɜːtɪkəl/
  1. düşey, dikey
  2. tam tepede olan
  3. (bot.) dikey
  4. dikey çizgi, dikey düzlcm
  5. dikey kiriş. vertical circle (astr.) ufuk düzlemine dikey olan büyük daire.

  vertical /vɛʁtikˈal/
  a-serzh, a-sonn, serzh, sonn, a-blom, a-bik

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  вертикален

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  senkrecht, vertikal, lotrecht, aufrecht

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  κατακόρυφος

  vertical /vɛʀtikal/ 
  vertical

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  pystysuora

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  verticale

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  垂直, 鉛直

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  verticalis

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  vertikalus

  vertical /vɛrtikal/
  loodrecht, rechtopstaand, verticaal, vertikaal

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  pionowy

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  vertical

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  вертикальный, вертика́льный

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  vertical

  vertical /vɛʁ.ti.kal/ 
  vertikal, lodrät

  vertical
  vertical

  vertical
  vertical

  vertical
  vertical

  vertical
  vertical

  vertical
  vertical

  vertical /vˌeɾəmˈeljʊ/
  senkrecht, vertikal

  vertical /vˌeɾifikˈar/
  vertical

  vertical /vˌeɾətikˈɑl/ 
  vertical

  vertical /vˌeɾətikˈɑl/ 
  vertical

  vertical /bˌeɾtikˈal/
  vertical

  vertical /bˌeɾtikˈal/
  vertical

  vertical /bˌeɾtikˈal/
  vertical

  vertical /bˌeɾtikˈal/
  vertical  

  vertical /bˌeɾtikˈal/
  1. senkrecht
  2. lotrecht
  3. vertikal

  
/ˈvɝtɪkəɫ/

  
/beɾtikal/

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "vertical":
     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
  
  

  a. 垂直的,直立的;

  Vertical
     a. 垂直的,竖的
     n. 垂线