Vertical
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
"Vertical social mobility"
(2) 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"
"Measure the perpendicular height"
(3) Upright in position or posture
"An erect stature"
"Erect flower stalks"
"For a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"
"A column still vertical amid the ruins"
"He sat bolt upright"
(4) Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
noun
(5) A vertical structural member as a post or stake
"The ball sailed between the uprights"
(6) Something that is oriented vertically
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
Adjective
- along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth
- In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.