vertically
/ˈvəːtɪkli
/adverb
1At right angles to a horizontal plane; aligned in such a way that the top is directly above the bottom: the wheel hangs vertically from a wire vertically stacked books...
- The rods are supported in stainless-steel tubes set vertically in reinforced concrete bases.
- Not only do windows open, there are also vertically sliding panels of grey translucent glass to cut down light.
- The insulation can be placed vertically along the foundation wall or horizontally under the slab.
2In a way that involves different levels or stages of a hierarchy or process: vertically integrated companies...
- The company now operates a vertically integrated dairy where 150 employees work.
- They observed that extensive buyer concentration is an inducement for sellers to integrate vertically.
- I prefer the benefits that accrue from having a controlled and vertically integrated ecosystem.
2.1(With reference to passage of diseases) from one generation to the next: the bacteria are vertically transmitted from mother to offspring...
- Previous analyses have demonstrated that these elements are passed vertically within species and evolve at rates similar to those of nuclear genes.
- The virus in pregnant women can be transmitted vertically to the infant, primarily at the time of delivery.
- If these viruses were strictly vertically transferred in the plant kingdom, we would expect to find them in all major plant lineages.