vertical

Examples

• All

• High-volume, low-cost production required guaranteed markets, which in turn led to vertical integration and limited competition.

  Academic text (1999)

• She wrote a paper discussing the benefits of vertical markets in optimizing customer service and satisfaction.

• Planning may occur during vertical team meetings and department team meetings.

  Academic text (2013)

• So ideally things get way better when they are able to control the entire vertical integration.

• Employees also become psychologically committed to the organization through vertical relationships with administrators.

  Academic text (1993)

• I did my thesis on vertical integration: owning production through distribution and retail.

  Surfer, Dude (2008)

• Rather, long-term contracts induced by regulation provided many of the benefits commonly available from vertical integration.

  Academic text (1990)

• The company has adopted a vertical strategy, allowing it to control all aspects from production to retail.

Compounds

V

vertical integration

• Specialized

1 6.8

A company that owns several production steps from raw materials to selling the product

V

vertical blind

1 3.9

A window covering of long vertical slats that you turn to control light and privacy

V

vertical surface

1 3.5

A wall or other area that stands straight up from the ground

V

vertical angle

• Specialized

1 4.5

A corner formed where two straight lines cross that is opposite another and equal

V

vertical stabilizer

• Specialized

1 5.9

Upright part of an airplane tail that helps keep the plane pointing straight during flight

V

vertical tail

• Specialized

1 6.0

The upright fin on a plane's tail that keeps it pointed straight

V

vertical fin

• Specialized

1 4.3

A flat upright part on an airplane tail that keeps the plane pointing straight

A

Abbe vertical metroscope

• Specialized

9.9

A device that measures vertical height very precisely

V

vertical bank

• Specialized

9.9

A very steep turn in an airplane that makes the wings nearly vertical

V

vertical circle

• Specialized

9.2

An imaginary circle in the sky that goes through the point directly above you and down to the horizon

V

vertical combination

• Specialized

7.8

Companies at different stages of making and selling join into one firm

V

vertical section

• Specialized

6.2

A drawing that shows the inside of a building or machine as if you cut it from top to bottom

V

vertical union

• Jargon

7.1

A group of workers that includes everyone in one industry no matter their job

V

vertical file

5.8

A cabinet for holding papers upright in folders so you can pull them out easily

V

vertical flute

7.5

A tube wind instrument held vertically with finger holes that you blow into through a whistle mouthpiece

How Vertical

integrated

2 3.8

vertical

• Jargon

11 6.3

horizontal

5 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology