vertical /vûrˈti-kl/

1. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon
2. Of or at the vertex
3. In the direction of the axis (botany)
4. Comprising the various successive stages in the production of the same goods
5. In strata one above the other
6. (of a mechanism) in which one part is above another
7. Denoting a balance sheet in which the components are arranged in the form of a list, in a single column (accounting)

A vertical line or position

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

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