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1a: perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis : UPRIGHT
b(1): located at right angles to the plane of a supporting surface
(2): lying in the direction of an axis : LENGTHWISE
2a: situated at the highest point : directly overhead or in the zenith
bof an aerial photograph : taken with the camera pointing straight down or nearly so
3a: relating to, involving, or integrating economic activity from basic production to point of sale
a vertical monopoly
b: of, relating to, or comprising persons of different status
the vertical arrangement of society
4medical : relating to or being transmission (as of a disease) by genetic inheritance or by a congenital or perinatal routeChoose the Right Synonym for vertical
VERTICAL, PERPENDICULAR, PLUMB mean being at right angles to a base line. VERTICAL suggests a line or direction rising straight upward toward a zenith. the side of the cliff is almost vertical PERPENDICULAR may stress the straightness of a line making a right angle with any other line, not necessarily a horizontal one. the parallel bars are perpendicular to the support posts PLUMB stresses an exact verticality determined (as with a plumb line) by earth's gravity. make sure that the wall is plumb