Meaning of vertical | Babel Free

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1. A vertex or zenith.
2. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal
3. At right angles to the horizon or to level ground:perpendicular, plumb, upright.
4. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
5. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x
6. standing straight up at right angles to the earth's surface, or to a horizontal plane or line; upright. The hillside looked almost vertical. vertikaal عَمودي вертикален vertical svislý senkrecht lodret κάθετοςvertical vertikaalne عمود kohtisuora verticalניצב लम्बरूप okomit függőleges tegak lóðréttur verticale 垂直の 수직의 vertikalus vertikāls; statenisks tegak verticaalloddrett, ståendepionowyvertical vertical; pe verti­cală вертикальный zvislý, vertikálny navpičen vertikalan vertikal, lodrät ตั้ง...
7. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
8. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy
9. vertikaal عَمودِياً отвесно verticalmente svisle vertikal lodret κάθεταverticalmente vertikaalselt بطور عمود kohtisuorasti verticalementאנכי लम्बाकार में okomito függőlegesen secara tegak lóðrétt verticalmente 垂直に 수직으로 vertikaliai vertikāli; stateniski menegak verticaalloddrett, ståendepionowo verticalidade vertical вертикально zvislo, vertikálne navpično vertikalno vertikalt อย่างตั้งตรง dikey olarak 垂直地 вертикально عمودي حالت ميں thẳng đứng, dọc 垂直地
10. A vertical component of a structure.
11. Of or pertaining to vertical markets
12. Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.
13. A vertical market.
14. Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery
15. Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.
16. A command structure for exertion of political power.
17. Anatomy Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
    Anatomy
18. Business a. Relating to or involving all stages from production to sale: vertical integration.
    Business
19. Relating to or composed of elements at different levels, as of society.
20. Medicine Of or relating to transmission of a disease or condition from parent to offspring, either through genetic inheritance or through circumstances occurring between conception and birth.
    Medicine
21. Something vertical, as a line, plane, or circle.

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Examples

“We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.”

“As Barclay Capital's Douglas Anmuth wrote in a report on Friday morning, Google's "core search growth" is slowing, so there may now be a "greater urgency in pursuing specific verticals". So, what other specialised areas could Google target?”

“Russian opposition outlet Vazhnye Istorii reported on August 19 that Russian President Vladimir Putin's reaction to the "Kursk situation" has exposed certain shifts within the Kremlin's power vertical, many of which have been underway over the last several months ... Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov noted that the FSB has generally shifted its mandate away from controlling Russian oligarchs and towards controlling Russia’s military and Russia’s military-industrial complex as well as countering "saboteurs and terrorists," and Vazhnye Istorii reported that several long-time Russian economic oligarchs are also gradually losing their influence within the Kremlin's wider power vertical ... ISW has reported at length on Putin's efforts to maintain a core cadre of loyal siloviki (Russian strongmen with political influence) within the Russian power vertical, particularly since the risks to Putin's regime first introduced by the Wagner Group's armed rebellion in June 2023.”

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