vertical
100
2.7
- adjective
- /ˈvɜrtɪkəl/
:
vertical
- Due to significant vertical shear, damaging tornadoes are possible.
- horizontal and vertical
- vertical line
- vertical axis
It's the rise over run or vertical change over the horizontal change.
- It's the rise over run or vertical change over the horizontal change.
- But if you look at this whole vertical slab, there's a billion points.
- I don't think vertical video is that bad and hear me out.
- They're all, they all don't work well with a vertical image.
- My I thought that my vertical grip is good, but it's not.
Examples
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When measuring the pole, make sure it is perfectly vertical before securing it in place.
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Once a secure foundation was laid, a massive vertical windlass was secured on shore.
Fiction book (1990) -
That means it's a vertical stretch of two.
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Here horizontal is X, vertical on the board is Y.
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As you see the face is vertical and almost sheer.
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Now, I control the vertical, and I control the horizontal, alright?
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This movement can make sure the nozzle always vertical with the printed surface.
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This duct leads to a vertical air shaft.
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There are two spelling errors, the columns are off, and the staple is vertical not horizontal.
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The effect gradually diminishes from maximum at the vertical bar to zero at the small triangles.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
44
2.7
Standing straight up and not leaning
17
4.0
Standing or held straight up without leaning
11
5.4
At a right angle to a line or surface
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.8
A company that owns several production steps from raw materials to selling the product
1
3.9
A window covering of long vertical slats that you turn to control light and privacy
- Specialized
1
4.5
A corner formed where two straight lines cross that is opposite another and equal
- Specialized
1
5.9
Upright part of an airplane tail that helps keep the plane pointing straight during flight
- Specialized
1
4.3
A flat upright part on an airplane tail that keeps the plane pointing straight
- Specialized
An imaginary circle in the sky that goes through the point directly above you and down to the horizon
- Specialized
Companies at different stages of making and selling join into one firm
- Specialized
A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom
- Jargon
A group of workers that includes everyone in one industry no matter their job
A tube wind instrument held vertically with finger holes that you blow into through a whistle mouthpiece
How Vertical
Surface Forms
Morphology
vertical = vertic + al
The adjective is formed from the combining form 'vertic-' plus the adjectival suffix '-al'; the combining form is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot fully derive the meaning from known English parts, though the physical sense is fairly accessible.
Etymology
Vertical comes from the Latin vertex and the root vert-, which mean 'top' and 'to turn'. So a vertical line points 'toward the top' and means straight up or down.