English Explanatory Dictionary

vertical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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. Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
  5. Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
  6. Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
noun
  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. A vertical market.
  6. A command structure for exertion of political power.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/ vûr'tĭkəl /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəl/ /ˈvɝ.tə.kəl/ En-us-vertical.ogg

Word forms

vertical more vertical most vertical vertic verticals

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.

Synonyms

sheer up-and-down harmonic

Antonyms

horizontal

Derived words

double vertical line nonvertical postvertical subvertical vertical alignment vertical angle vertical apostrophe vertical bar vertical blinds vertical circle vertical deflection vertical drinking vertical ellipsis vertical escalation vertical farming vertical flute vertical garden vertical integration vertical interval verticalism verticalize vertical jump vertical jump test vertical kampong vertical kampung vertical leap vertical-lift bridge vertical lift module vertical line vertical lips vertically vertical machining center vertical market vertical mouse vertical mower verticalness vertical proliferation vertical publication vertical replenishment vertical smile vertical stabiliser vertical stabilizer vertical video vertical video syndrome verticutter vertilinear vortal

Translations

Arabic: عَمُودِيّ Arabic: رَأْسِيّ Armenian: ուղղահայաց Assamese: থিয় Asturian: vertical Azerbaijani: şaquli Belarusian: вертыка́льны Belarusian: проставе́сны Bengali: খাড়া Bulgarian: вертика́лен Bulgarian: отвесен Catalan: vertical Chinese Mandarin: 豎的 /竖的 Chinese Mandarin: 垂直 Chinese Mandarin: 直立 Czech: svislý Czech: vertikální Danish: lodret Dutch: verticaal Esperanto: vertikala Estonian: vertikaal Finnish: pystysuora Finnish: pystysuuntainen Finnish: pysty French: vertical Galician: vertical Georgian: შვეული Georgian: ვერტიკალური German: vertikal German: senkrecht Greek: κατακόρυφος Greek: κάθετος Hebrew: אֲנָכִי Hindi: लंबवत् Hindi: ऊर्ध्वाधर Hungarian: függőleges Hungarian: vertikális Icelandic: lóðrétt Italian: verticale Japanese: 垂直の Japanese: 縦の Japanese: 直立の Korean: 수직의 Central Kurdish: ئەستوونی Central Kurdish: ستوونی Northern Kurdish: stûnî Latvian: vertikāls Lithuanian: vertikalus Macedonian: вертикален Malay: mencancang Malay: menegak Malay: vertikal Māori: poutū Māori: torotika Māori: tūmāhoehoe Māori: tūmārōhoehoe Māori: tūhoehoe Moore: selle Moore: tĩidga Norwegian Bokmål: loddrett Norwegian Bokmål: vertikal Norwegian Nynorsk: loddrett Norwegian Nynorsk: vertikal Old English: upriht Persian: ایستاده Persian: عمودی Persian: راست Persian: قائم
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