verticaladjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/C1 standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface or line:
vertical lines/stripes
She looked over the cliff and found she was standing at the edge of a vertical drop.
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horizontal adjective
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- Carefully tighten the clamp until it firmly supports the pipette in a vertical position.
- In tin mining today, workers excavate tunnels horizontally from a vertical shaft.
- Rotate it slowly from the horizontal into a vertical position.
- Plot distance on the vertical Y-axis against time on the horizontal X-axis.
- This vertical section of the soil shows four basic soil layers.
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- acute
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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vertically
adverb uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl.i/
A wall of rock towered vertically up on one side of the narrow mountain path.
verticalnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/a vertical line, surface, or position:
In a two-stage operation, the steel structure will be raised to the vertical.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- acute
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
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