vertical

Plural: verticals

Noun

• Something that extends straight up and down.
• something that is oriented vertically
• a vertical structural member as a post or stake
• 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.
• A vertical market.
• A command structure for exertion of political power.

Adjective

• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
  • "a vertical camera angle"
  • "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"
• relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
• upright in position or posture
  • "a column still vertical amid the ruins"

Adjective Satellite

• of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
  • "vertical social mobility"

Adj

• 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.
• 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.
• Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
• Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

Examples

• His Scrabble strategy often involved playing long words VERTICAL to maximize space.
• vertical lines
• We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.

Synonyms

erect, perpendicular, upright, harmonic, sheer, up-and-down

Antonyms

horizontal, inclined, unerect

Anagrams of vertical