Vertical

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adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin verticalis, from Latin vertic-, vertex
Date: 1559
1.
- a. situated at the highest point ; directly overhead or in the zenith
- b. of an aerial photograph taken with the camera pointing straight down or nearly so
2.
- a. perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis ; upright
- b.
  - (1) located at right angles to the plane of a supporting surface
  - (2) lying in the direction of an axis ; lengthwise
3.
- a. relating to, involving, or integrating economic activity from basic production to point of sale <a vertical monopoly>
- b. of, relating to, or comprising persons of different status <the vertical arrangement of society>
? vertical noun
? verticality noun
? vertically adverb
? verticalness noun
Synonyms:
- vertical, perpendicular, plumb mean being at right angles to a base line. vertical suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith <the side of the cliff is almost vertical>. perpendicular may stress the straightness of a line making a right angle with any other line, not necessarily a horizontal one<the parallel bars are perpendicular to the support posts>. plumb stresses an exact verticality determined (as with a plumb line) by earth's gravity<make sure that the wall is plumb>.