1. 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"
   - perpendicular 
2. Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution 
3. Upright in position or posture
   "a column still vertical amid the ruins"
   - erect, upright 
4. Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
   "vertical social mobility"

1. Something that is oriented vertically 
2. A vertical structural member as a post or stake
   - upright

Derived forms: verticals

See also: attitude, erectile, fastigiate, hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical, orientation, orthostatic, passant, plumb, position, posture, rampant, rearing, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, standing, stand-up, statant, steep, straight, unbent, unbowed, unsloped, upended, upright, vertical integration, vertically, verticalness

Type of: orientation, structural member

Antonym: horizontal, inclined

Part of: goalpost

Encyclopedia: Vertical

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