单词 | verticalities |
释义 | vertical /vûrˈti-kl/adjective
A vertical line or position ORIGIN: Fr vertical, from L vertex, verticis summit, from vertere to turn verticality /-kalˈi-ti/ noun verˈtically adverb verˈticalness noun vertical angles plural noun Opposite angles formed by intersecting lines vertical circle noun A great circle of the heavens passing through the zenith and the nadir vertical grouping noun In primary schools, the teaching of groups of children of various ages together (also called family grouping) vertical integration noun (economics) The merging (or takeover) of one company with (or by) another involved in a different stage of production of the same thing vertically challenged adjective (in politically correct language) denoting a person of less than average height vertical scanning noun (TV) Scanning in which the lines are vertical, not, as normally, horizontal vertical take-off noun (aeronautics) Immediate take-off without preliminary run vertical thinking noun Thinking by logical deduction, as opposed to lateral thinking (qv) |
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