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How to pronounce vertical in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms upright
Type of structural member
Has types post, column, scantling, scape, shaft, stile, stud, jamb, pillar
Type Words
Synonyms perpendicular
Derivation verticalness, verticality


a vertical camera angle.
the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.
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Synonyms erect, upright
Derivation verticalness


a column still vertical amid the ruins.
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vertical social mobility.
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Type of orientation
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Derivation vertical integration

Examples of vertical

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Faux wood, honeycomb blinds, roman or vertical shades can dress up your windows.
From the omaha.com
There may be a vertical part to this vent, leading to the outdoors above ground.
From the timesunion.com
The Campagnas'TV is mounted on a vertical panel in front of the sloping ceiling.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Almost anything that vines is a good candidate for vertical vegetable gardening.
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If they don't go OL soon a vertical threat won't get a chance to get down field.
From the post-gazette.com
Her team asked volunteers to judge vertical distance above a two-storey balcony.
From the newscientist.com
The trails are narrow and relatively steep but there aren't any vertical climbs.
From the dailynews.com
Begin at the base and work up, using 100 lights for every vertical foot of tree.
From the thestate.com
Increased vertical wind shear on 15 September caused Isabel to gradually weaken.
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More examples
  • 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"
  • Something that is oriented vertically
  • Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
  • Upright: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
  • Erect: 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"
  • Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); "vertical social mobility"
  • In planar geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in a plane, but this plane does not have to be a Euclidean plane. Angles are also formed by the intersection of two planes in Euclidean and other spaces. These are called dihedral angles...
  • Vertical Inc, headquartered in New York, United States, is a Japanese novel and manga company founded in 2001 by Hiroki Sakai.
  • In music theory, an interval is a combination of two notes, or the distance between their pitches. Two-note combinations are also called dyads. Although chords are often defined as sets of three or more notes, intervals are sometimes considered to be the simplest kind of chord. ...