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  • noun Plural form of vertical.
  • noun A set of vertical blinds.

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Examples

  • I wonder if Mr. Harrington also realizes that one of the big topics on the commercial side of web search these days are specialized databases what they call verticals and something that his company has plenty of.

    Report: Canadian School Libraries Underfunded; Interview: Swets CEO Arie Jongejan « ResourceShelf 2005

  • In its first few years, Google had developed a number of specialized forms of search, known as verticals, for various corpuses—such as video, images, shopping catalogs, and locations maps.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • In its first few years, Google had developed a number of specialized forms of search, known as verticals, for various corpuses—such as video, images, shopping catalogs, and locations maps.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • NOTE: Perhaps this is another reason? why using specialty engines aka verticals could do a better job in some situation.

    A three-year study on the freshness of Web search engine databases « ResourceShelf 2008

  • Swing-frames for carrying saws are ordinarily of wrought iron or steel, and made up of several pieces mortised and tenoned together in the form of a rectangular frame or parallelogram, of which the longest sides are termed verticals and the shortest crossheads or crossrails.

    Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Various

  • One is building domain competency in momentum verticals, which is BFSI, the oil and gas business, healthcare and retail and consumer products.

    unknown title 2011

  • "I think you're seeing them build what they call, inside the business, these 'verticals' - these identifiable, young voices,' " he says.

    News 2011

  • A: We are having three business verticals, that is document management solution and print management solution and total solution that is system integrator.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010

  • A: We are having three business verticals, that is document management solution and print management solution and total solution that is system integrator.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines Moneycontrol.com editor@moneycontrol.com 2010

  • He tells an Origins story of #Occupy Wall Street in which a group of activists he describes as "horizontals -- people more sympathetic with anarchist principles of organization, non-hierarchical forms of direct democracy, and direct action" split off from a demonstration originally organized by what he somewhat disdainfully calls "verticals -- that is, the sort of people whose idea of political action is to march around with signs under the control of one or another top-down protest movement."

    Miles Mogulescu: Where Does the #Occupy Movement Go From Here? Miles Mogulescu 2011

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