vertical

English

Pronunciation

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

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.
3. (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• vertically

Related terms

• postvertical
• vortal

Translations

being perpendicular with the surface of the Earth

• Arabic: عمودي (ar) (3amuudiy), رأسي (ar) (ra'siy)
• Armenian: ուղղահայաց (hy) (uġġahayac') 
• Asturian: vertical (ast)
• Azeri: şaquli (az)
• Bengali: খাড়া (bn)
• Catalan: vertical (ca)
• 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)
• Galician: vertical (gl)
• German: vertikal (de), senkrecht (de)

• Greek: κατακόρυφος (el) (katakóryfos) 
• Hebrew: אנכי (he) (anakhi)
• Hindi: लंबवत् (hi) m
• 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)
• Portuguese: vertical (pt)
• Romanian: vertical (ro) m and n
• Russian: вертикальный (ru) (vertikál'nyj) 
• Scottish Gaelic: dìreach (gd)
• Spanish: vertical (es)
• Swedish: lodrät (sv) c, lodrätt (sv) n, vertikal (sv) c, vertikalt (sv) n
• Turkish: dikey (tr)
• Welsh: fertigol (cy)

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Adjective

vertical (epicene, plural verticales)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Adjective

vertical m, f (masculine and feminine plural verticals)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horitzontal

Derived terms

• verticalment

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French

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

vertical m (feminine verticale, masculine plural verticaux, feminine plural verticales)

1. vertical

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Adjective

vertical m and f (plural verticais)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Adjective

vertical m and f (plural verticais; uncomparable)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin verticalis.

Adjective

vertical m and f (plural verticales)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente