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• He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.From the entry rat
• A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.From the entry driveshaft
• The flag of France has three vertical stripes.From the entry flag
• The market for point-of-sale terminals is a vertical market.From the entry vertical market
• Next, cut stopped dadoes in the shelf and the underside of the top for the vertical dividers.2026 August, Logan Wittmer, “Whiskey Cabinet”, in Popular Woodworking, volume 290, number 4, page 56. From the entry dado
• The police snapper was on his tiptoes, angling for a vertical shot of the body.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 22. From the entry snapper
• He has a slightly-limited route tree as primarily a vertical deep threat.2021, Matt Manocherian, SIS Football Rookie Handbook 2021. From the entry route runner
• While you may envision lightning as largely vertical, spider lightning races horizontally through the clouds.2019 August 22, Maya Wei-Haas, “Record-breaking lightning as long as Kansas spotted”, in National Geographic. From the entry spider lightning
• Therefore, the effective vertical stress in the sideburden will increase, too.2016, Alexandre Lavrov, Lost Circulation: Mechanisms and Solutions, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry sideburden
• The vertical axis lists strains containing CRISPR spacers that target a bifibacterial prophage sequence.2015 August 1, “Occurrence and Diversity of CRISPR-Cas Systems in the Genus Bifidobacterium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry bifibacterial
• Horizontal and vertical gaze-evoked nystagmus and dysmetric saccades were present, without occulomotor apraxia.2015 April 30, Laurence Newrick, Malcolm Taylor, Marios Hadjivassiliou, “Pseudodominant AOA2”, in Cerebellum & Ataxias, volume 2, →DOI. From the entry dysmetric
• The T-shape stands for people who are broad (horizontal) and deep (vertical).2014 December 2, Ryszard Klempous, Jan Nikodem, Innovative Technologies in Management and Science, Springer, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry T-shape
• However, with recent developments, it is possible to slipform continuous vertical flutings and varying cross sections.2012, JHA, Formwork for Concrete Structures, →ISBN, page 329. From the entry slipform
• The gunbarrel tank is a vertical flow treater in an atmospheric tank.2011, Maurice Stewart, Ken E. Arnold, Surface Production Operations, Volume 1, page 353. From the entry gunbarrel tank
• One of my responsibilities was to keep the library's vertical file up to date.2010, Beth Critchley Charlton, Englaging the DisEngaged, page 71. From the entry file
• Kids will love the climbing wall and NZ′s highest vertical slide.2010, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Scott Kennedy, New Zealand′s South Island, Lonely Planet, page 220. From the entry sprog
• Her moist vertical lips part as she lowers her knee and therefore her pelvis, down around me.2008, Robert L. Dark, Ruthless, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry vertical lips
• Two other interesting configurations also considered were a removable tail and a vertical swingtail.2008, K Poechlauer, CA Vyeson, “The 747-400 Dreamlifter-Swing Tail Door Alignment and Latch Mechanism”, in SAE International Journal of…. From the entry swingtail
• I moved her vertical lips aside to allow for easy access.2007, Marissa Monteilh, Dr. Feelgood, Dafina Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry vertical lips
• The contrast between the sharply focused vertical line and the blurred horizontal line is maximized.2006, William J. Benjamin, Borish's Clinical Refraction. From the entry underfogged
• Horizontal scaling gives you some failover and flexibility that you normally cannot get with only vertical scaling.2004, Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, Mastering BEA WebLogic Server: Best Practices for Building and ..., page 638. From the entry failover
• He observed that the vertical vergence producing a left hyperdeviation was associated with levocycloversion and vice versa.2004, M. Edward Wilson, Strabismus Surgery: Basic and Advanced Strategies, Oxford University Press, page 71. From the entry cycloversion
• The boy's camisia was probably his “dress-up” wear; the vertical stripe appears on matching stockings.2003, Tom Tierney, Historic Costume: From Ancient Times to the Renaissance, page 58. From the entry camisia
• The general configuration of the palaeoburrows comprises vertical shafts showing branching.1995, Dansk geologisk forening, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, page 45. From the entry palaeoburrow
• Training systems for vertical trellises are categorized as having either divided or nondivided canopies.1995, Tony K. Wolf, Edward Barclay Poling, Thomas W. Knecht, The Mid-Atlantic Winegrape Grower's Guide, page 63. From the entry nondivided
• The two omicra are separated by a vertical line of unknown significance.1994, Bulletin of the Asia Institute, volume 7, Wayne State University Press, page 178. From the entry omicra
• Vertical corrasion is corrasion of the bed of the river, deepening its channel.1993, Shatrughna Prasad Sinha, Faguni Ram, Manager Prasad, Hari Ram Nagalia, editors, Instant Encyclopaedia of Geography, Volume 8…. From the entry corrasion
• The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract. From the entry plurality
• Warm-water eddies are downwells and cold-water eddies facilitate vertical mixing rather than induce upwelling.1986, Sea Frontiers, Sea Secrets - Volume 32, page 309. From the entry downwell
• The rachiometer consists of a rigid vertical metal rod one inch in square dimensions.1976, Joseph Janse, Principles and practice of chiropractic, page 64. From the entry rachiometer
• Sizes now available in vertical downstrike balers are: 72 inches, 60 inches and 36 inches.1974, Paper Board Packaging - Volume 59, Issues 7-12, page 95. From the entry downstrike
• This example is a primitive burnished earthenware with chattered vertical comb lines.[1973 May, Mino Yutaka, “Liao Dynasty Ceramics at China House Gallery New York”, in The Connoisseur, volume 183, number 735, The National…. From the entry Chifeng
• A transistor-diode matrix is composed of vertical and horizontal wires with a transistor at each intersection.1962, Burroughs Corporation, Digital Computer Principles. From the entry matrix
• Hydraulic shock absorbers are used to damp out vertical and lateral oscillations.1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93. From the entry damp
• Above the truck there is frequently a slender vertical extension of the mast, called a pigstick.1959, The Bluejackets' Manual, volume 15, page 198. From the entry pigstick
• A second companion report presents a method for designing systems of vertical bolts to reinforce bedded roof.1956, Louis Anthony Panek, Principles of Reinforcing Bedded Mine Roof with Bolts, page 1. From the entry bedded
• If the axis is vertical, it moves vertically; if it is horizontal, it moves horizontally.1913, The Boy’s Own Annual, page 313, column 2. From the entry helicopteron

Meaning of vertical

1. adjective 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.
2. adjective In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
3. adjective In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.

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How do you use vertical in a sentence?

Vertical is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.”

What is a short sentence with vertical?

“The flag of France has three vertical stripes.”

What does vertical mean?

Vertical means 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.