Vertical

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, a. [Cf. F. vertical. See {Vertex}.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or
        highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith;
        perpendicularly above one.
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              Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb;
        as, a vertical line.
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     {Vertical angle} (Astron. & Geod.), an angle measured on a
        vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or
        altitude, when reckoned from the horizon upward, and of
        depression when downward below the horizon.
  
     {Vertical anthers} (Bot.), such anthers as stand erect at the
        top of the filaments.
  
     {Vertical circle} (Astron.), an azimuth circle. See under
        {Azimuth}.
  
     {Vertical drill}, an upright drill. See under {Upright}.
  
     {Vertical fire} (Mil.), the fire, as of mortars, at high
        angles of elevation.
  
     {Vertical leaves} (Bot.), leaves which present their edges to
        the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as
        in the Australian species of Eucalyptus.
  
     {Vertical limb}, a graduated arc attached to an instrument,
        as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles.
  
     {Vertical line}.
        (a) (Dialing) A line perpendicular to the horizon.
        (b) (Conic Sections) A right line drawn on the vertical
            plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone.
        (c) (Surv.) The direction of a plumb line; a line normal
            to the surface of still water.
        (d) (Geom., Drawing, etc.) A line parallel to the sides of
            a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line
            parallel to the top or bottom.
  
     {Vertical plane}.
        (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of
            a cone, and through its axis.
        (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a
            vertical line.
        (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight,
            and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the
            picture.
  
     {Vertical sash}, a sash sliding up and down. Cf. {French
        sash}, under 3d {Sash}.
  
     {Vertical steam engine}, a steam engine having the crank
        shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, n.
     1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.]
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     2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.
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     {Prime vertical}, {Prime vertical dial}. See under {Prime},
        a.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vertical
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {perpendicular}]
              [ant: {inclined}, {horizontal}]
       2: 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" [syn: {erect}, {upright}] [ant: {unerect}]
       n 1: something that is oriented vertically
       2: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
          sailed between the uprights" [syn: {upright}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "vertical":
     abrupt, acmatic, apical, arrowlike, azimuth circle, bluff, bold,
     bolt upright, breakneck, capital, chief, consummate, dead straight,
     direct, downright, erect, even, flat, head, headlong, headmost,
     highest, horizontal, in a line, level, lineal, linear, maximal,
     maximum, meridian, meridional, normal, orthodiagonal, overmost,
     paramount, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitous, preeminent,
     rampant, rapid, rearing, rectilineal, rectilinear, right,
     right angle, ruler-straight, sharp, sheer, smooth, stand-up,
     standing up, steep, straight, straight-cut, straight-front,
     straight-side, straight-up, streamlined, summital, supreme,
     tip-top, top, topmost, true, ultimate, unbending, unbent, unbowed,
     unbroken, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undistorted,
     uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned, up-and-down, upended, upmost,
     uppermost, upraised, upreared, upright, upstanding,
     vertical circle, zenithal