verticalityn.

Brit.

/ˌvəːtᵻˈkalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌvərdəˈkælədi/

Etymology: < vertical adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French verticalité, Italian verticalità.

1. The fact on the part of the sun or other celestial body of being at the vertex or zenith.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > zenith > as position

verticality1570

verticity1646

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii To consider..Sterres in their true Longitudes, Latitudes, Declinations, and Verticalitie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 284 For unto them the Sunne is verticall twice a year, making two distinct Summers in the different points of verticality .

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lvi. §557 In the Torrid (Zone) by reason of the perpetual verticality of the Sun, there are most vehement heats.

1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) i. 37 The heat received anywhere depends on the directness of the sun's rays, or its apparent verticality overhead.

a. The condition or quality of being vertical or perpendicular; vertical position; perpendicularity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright

bolt-uprightnessc1405

perpendicularness1606

uprightness1645

erectness1646

verticality1799

verticalism1860

1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 283 Their [i.e. argillites] verticality arising only from the drain of water.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 318 The verticality of the strata in the Isles of Wight and Purbeck.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 238 Precipices which produce on the imagination the effect of verticality.

1884 G. M. Dawson in Handbk. Dom. Canada 325 Good sections of..Cretaceous rocks..become folded together and lie at all angles up to verticality.

b. Of buildings, or architecture.

ΚΠ

1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 99/1 The verticality which is designed and usually conveyed by the orders he communicated to his buildings by rustic quoins.

1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 61 The first and most striking feature [of the architecture of the 12th and 13th c.] is the Verticality of composition, as directly opposed to the Horizontality of all anterior structural modes.

a1890 Lightfoot Hist. Ess. (1895) iii. 146 The leading conception of Gothic architecture,..I mean its verticality, as contrasted with the horizontal lines of the Greek.

c. In weakened sense: Erectness, uprightness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] > quality of being

verticality1838

aplomb1872

1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 687 She walked..in unswerving verticality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verticality
释义	verticalityn. Brit. /ˌvəːtᵻˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌvərdəˈkælədi/ Etymology: < vertical adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French verticalité, Italian verticalità. 1. The fact on the part of the sun or other celestial body of being at the vertex or zenith. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > [noun] > zenith > as position verticality1570 verticity1646 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. biii To consider..Sterres in their true Longitudes, Latitudes, Declinations, and Verticalitie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 284 For unto them the Sunne is verticall twice a year, making two distinct Summers in the different points of verticality . View more context for this quotation 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lvi. §557 In the Torrid (Zone) by reason of the perpetual verticality of the Sun, there are most vehement heats. 1867 E. B. Denison Astron. without Math. (ed. 3) i. 37 The heat received anywhere depends on the directness of the sun's rays, or its apparent verticality overhead. 2. a. The condition or quality of being vertical or perpendicular; vertical position; perpendicularity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright bolt-uprightnessc1405 perpendicularness1606 uprightness1645 erectness1646 verticality1799 verticalism1860 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 283 Their [i.e. argillites] verticality arising only from the drain of water. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 318 The verticality of the strata in the Isles of Wight and Purbeck. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 238 Precipices which produce on the imagination the effect of verticality. 1884 G. M. Dawson in Handbk. Dom. Canada 325 Good sections of..Cretaceous rocks..become folded together and lie at all angles up to verticality. b. Of buildings, or architecture. ΚΠ 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 99/1 The verticality which is designed and usually conveyed by the orders he communicated to his buildings by rustic quoins. 1860 W. J. C. Muir Pagan or Christian? 61 The first and most striking feature [of the architecture of the 12th and 13th c.] is the Verticality of composition, as directly opposed to the Horizontality of all anterior structural modes. a1890 Lightfoot Hist. Ess. (1895) iii. 146 The leading conception of Gothic architecture,..I mean its verticality, as contrasted with the horizontal lines of the Greek. c. In weakened sense: Erectness, uprightness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] > quality of being verticality1838 aplomb1872 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 687 She walked..in unswerving verticality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570
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