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Traditional English :: vertical
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vertical.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 at right angles to a horizontal plane, perpendicular.
2 in a direction from top to bottom of a picture etc.
3 of or at the vertex or highest point.
4 at, or passing through, the zenith.
5 Anat. of or relating to the crown of the head.
6 involving all the levels in an organizational hierarchy or stages in the production of a class of goods (vertical integration). --n. a vertical line or plane. out of the vertical not vertical. vertical angles Math. each pair of opposite angles made by two intersecting lines. vertical fin Zool. a dorsal, anal, or caudal fin. vertical plane a plane at right angles to the horizontal. vertical take-off the take-off of an aircraft directly upwards. verticality n. verticalize v.tr. (also -ise). vertically adv. [F vertical or LL verticalis (as VERTEX)] |
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Traditional English :: verticil
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vertical.html - n. Bot. & Zool. a whorl; a set of parts arranged in a circle round an axis. verticillate adj. [L verticillus whorl of a spindle, dimin. of VERTEX] |
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Traditional English :: vertical
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vertical.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 at right angles to a horizontal plane, perpendicular.
2 in a direction from top to bottom of a picture etc.
3 of or at the vertex or highest point.
4 at, or passing through, the zenith.
5 Anat. of or relating to the crown of the head.
6 involving all the levels in an organizational hierarchy or stages in the production of a class of goods (vertical integration). --n. a vertical line or plane. out of the vertical not vertical. vertical angles Math. each pair of opposite angles made by two intersecting lines. vertical fin Zool. a dorsal, anal, or caudal fin. vertical plane a plane at right angles to the horizontal. vertical take-off the take-off of an aircraft directly upwards. verticality n. verticalize v.tr. (also -ise). vertically adv. [F vertical or LL verticalis (as VERTEX)] |
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Traditional English :: verticil
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vertical.html - n. Bot. & Zool. a whorl; a set of parts arranged in a circle round an axis. verticillate adj. [L verticillus whorl of a spindle, dimin. of VERTEX] |
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Traditional English :: vertiginous
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vertical.html - adj. of or causing vertigo. vertiginously adv. [L vertiginosus (as VERTIGO)] |
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Traditional English :: vertigo
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vertical.html - n.
a condition with a sensation of whirling and a tendency to lose balance; dizziness, giddiness. [L vertigo -ginis whirling f. vertere turn] |
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