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  1. adjective Being or situated at right angles to the horizon; upright.
  2. adjective Situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead.
  3. adjective Anatomy Of or relating to the vertex of the head.
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  • Shooters, both side-scrolling, vertical, and 3D are one of the few genres of gaming that can truly test your chops as a gamer. —  mygamer.com news feed
  • The program includes stitching options for horizontal, vertical, and tiled imagery. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
  • When viewed from the side with the forelegs vertical, the elbow is directly below the highest point of the shoulder blade.
  • On 40m I normally use a homebrew 1 / 4 wave vertical which is about 10. 2m (33 ') tall and is fixed to the roof rack of the van. —  eHam.net News
  • The following options are configurable: prevId - id for "previous" button prevText - text for "previous" button nextId - id for "previous" button nextText - text for "next" button orientation - horizontal or vertical, horizontal is default and if you want vertical set this to 'vertical' speed - animation speed in milliseconds, default value is 800 —  doggdot.us
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin verticālis, overhead, from Latin vertex, vertic-, highest point; see vertex.

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  1. from French vertical = Spanish Portuguese vertical = Italian verticale, from Middle Latin *verticalis, from Latin vertex (-tic-), the highest point, vertex: see vertex. Cf. vortical.
 

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/ˈvərtɪkəl/
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