different between vertical vs nonvertically

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t?k?l/
• (US) enPR: vûr't?k?l, IPA^(key): /?v?t?k?l/

Adjective

vertical (comparative more vertical, superlative most vertical)

1. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

2. In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
3. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
4. (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
5. (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
6. (music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

   Synonym: harmonic

   Antonym: horizontal

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

Related terms

• vortal

Translations

Noun

vertical (plural verticals)

1. A vertex or zenith.
2. A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
3. An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
4. A vertical component of a structure.
5. (marketing) A vertical market.

   We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.

Further reading

• vertical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vertical (epicene, plural verticales)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v??.ti?kal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?r.ti?kal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve?.ti?kal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

vertical (masculine and feminine plural verticals)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horitzontal

Derived terms

• verticalment

French

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.ti.kal/
• Homophones: verticale, verticales

Adjective

vertical (feminine singular verticale, masculine plural verticaux, feminine plural verticales)

1. vertical

Derived terms

• barre verticale

Further reading

• “vertical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vertical m or f (plural verticais)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Adjective

vertical m (feminine singular verticala, masculine plural verticai, feminine plural verticales)

1. vertical

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?rti?kal/

Adjective

vertical

1. vertical

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve?t(?)i?kaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /v??ti?ka?/
• Hyphenation: ver?ti?cal

Adjective

vertical m or f (plural verticais, not comparable)

1. vertical

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

Romanian

Etymology

From French vertical.

Adjective

vertical m or n (feminine singular vertical?, masculine plural verticali, feminine and neuter plural verticale)

1. vertical

Declension

Related terms

• verticalitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin vertic?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be?ti?kal/, [be?.t?i?kal]
• Hyphenation: ver?ti?cal

Adjective

vertical (plural verticales)

1. vertical
2. portrait (a print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.; in smartphones)

Antonyms

• horizontal

Derived terms

• verticalmente

English

Etymology

nonvertical +? -ly

Adverb

nonvertically (not comparable)

1. In an orientation that is not vertical.