Definitions for verticals

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verticals ver·ti·cal

Spelling: [vur-ti-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈvɜr tɪ kəl/

Verticals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 882 anagrams from letters in verticals (aceilrstv).

Definitions for verticals

noun

1. something vertical, as a line or plane.
2. a vertical or upright position.
3. a vertical structural member in a truss.

adjective

1. being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
2. of, relating to, or situated at the vertex.
3. of or relating to the cranial vertex.
4. Botany. (of a leaf) having the blade in a perpendicular plane, so that neither of the surfaces can be called upper or lower. being in the same direction as the axis; lengthwise.
5. of, constituting, or resulting in vertical combination.
6. of or relating to a product or service from initial planning to sale.
7. of, relating to, or noting a stratified society, nation, etc.

Origin of verticals

1550-60; Latin verticālis, equivalent to vertic- (stem of vertex) vertex + -ālis -al¹

Examples for verticals

And yet Breitbart decided to commission him, of all available artists, to create the face of its California vertical.

They had neither water nor provisions, and were exposed to a vertical sun.

vertical staving was used to carry the wale around the stern.

The worst form it can have is that of a vertical plane or upright flat, and next to this the worst form is an inclined plane.

Two police assigned to the apartment on a detail were doing a “vertical patrol” up the stairs when the door opened.

This consists of two sections, one horizontal, the other vertical.

About 15th January we crossed the sun, which for a short time was vertical at noon.

They structured themselves not in vertical hierarchies but in networks, each member responding to conditions on the ground.

There was one very large and easily identifiable piece of debris floating, the vertical stabilizer.

The hybrid aircraft have a vertical takeoff and landing capability.