vertical
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.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
“vertical lines”
In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
Noun 4 meanings
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
A vertical component of a structure.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.
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VERTICAL at a glance
VERTICAL has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + L 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,550 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with vertical
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- VORTICAL13
- VERTICIL13
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