vertical
pronunciation
How to pronounce vertical in British English:
UK [ˈvɜːtɪkl]
How to pronounce vertical in American English:
US [ˈvɜːrtɪkl]
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- Noun:
- something that is oriented vertically
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
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- Adjective:
- at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
- upright in position or posture
Word Origin
- vertical
- vertical: [16] Latin vertex originally meant ‘whirl’ (it was derived from vertere ‘turn’, source also of English verse, version, etc, and was itself borrowed into English in the 16th century). It came to be applied metaphorically to the ‘spiral of hair on top of the head’, and was then extended further to ‘highest point’. From it was derived late Latin verticālis, which passed into English via French vertical.It originally denoted ‘of the highest point in the sky, the zenith’, and since this is directly overhead, by the 18th century vertical had come to be used for ‘perpendicular’. Also from vertere came Latin vertīgō ‘whirling’, borrowed into English as vertigo ‘dizziness’ [16].=> verse
- vertical (adj.)
- 1550s, "of or at the vertex, directly overhead," from Middle French vertical (1540s), from Late Latin verticalis "overhead," from Latin vertex (genitive verticis) "highest point" (see vertex). Meaning "straight up and down" is first recorded 1704. As a noun meaning "the vertical position or line" from 1834. Related: Vertically.
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Example
- 1. Some analysts also see the vertical integration as unnecessary .
- 2. Customers have a strong demand for vertical integration .
- 3. The stream should be strictly vertical ; in this case it is not entirely correct .
- 4. For a transmit antenna , he used several vertical wires attached to the ground .
- 5. Age eventually took its toll on his famously vertical hairdo , which was less dramatic in his later years .