1 (of a line, pole, etc.) going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture, etc:
the vertical axis of the graph * The cliff was almost vertical. * There was a vertical drop to the ocean.
compareHORIZONTAL
2 having a structure in which there are top, middle and bottom levels:
a vertical flow of communication
vertically adverb:
The cliffs rose up vertically out of the water.
noun (usually the vertical) a vertical line or position
SYNPERPENDICULAR:
The wall is several degrees off the vertical.
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In this entry, vertical is tagged as adjective.
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