Vertical

English

Noun

Vertical (plural Verticals)

1. A vertex or zenith
2. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular
3. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
4. A vertical component of a structure.

Adjective

Vertical (comparative more Vertical, superlative most Vertical)

1. along the direction of a plumbline or along a straight line that includes the center of the Earth
2. In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.

Antonyms

• horizontal

Thesaurus

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

Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɜːtɪkəl/, SAMPA: /"v3:tIk@l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈvɝtɪkəl/, SAMPA: /"v3`tIk@l/

Translations

Adjective

being perpendicular with the surface of the Earth

Arabic: عمودي (ar) (3amuudiy), رأسي (ar) (ra'siy) Armenian: ուղղահայաց (hy) (uġġahayac') Azeri: şaquli (az) Bengali: খাড়া (bn) Chinese: Mandarin: 豎的 (cmn), 竖的 (cmn) (shù-de), 垂直 (cmn) (chuízhí), 直立 (cmn) (zhílì) Czech: svislý (cs) m. Dutch: verticaal (nl) Esperanto: vertikala (eo) Finnish: pystysuora (fi) French: vertical (fr) German: vertikal (de), senkrecht (de)

Greek: κατακόρυφος (el) (katakóryfos) Hebrew: אנכי (he) (anakhi) Icelandic: lóðrétt (is) Italian: verticale (it) Japanese: 垂直の (ja) (すいちょくの, suichoku -no), 縦の (ja) (たての, tate-no), 直立の (ja) (ちょくりつの, chokuritsu-no) Polish: pionowy (pl) Romanian: vertical (ro) m. and n. Russian: вертикальный (ru) (vertikál'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: dìreach (gd) Spanish: vertical (es) m. and f. Turkish: dikey (tr) Welsh: fertigol (cy)

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French

Adjective

Vertical m. (f. Verticale, m. plural verticaux, f. plural Verticales)

1. vertical

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vɛʁ.ti.kal/, SAMPA: /vER.ti.kal/
• Homophones: verticale, verticales

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Spanish

Adjective

1. vertical