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Vertical Adjective Bre ˈvɜːtɪkl ˈvɜːrtɪkl Axis Graph Cliff

Word vertical
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈvɜːtɪkl / NAmE / ˈvɜːrtɪkl /
Example
  • the vertical axis of the graph
  • the cliff was almost vertical.
  • there was a vertical drop to the ocean.
  • a vertical flow of communication
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vertical

(adjective)BrE / ˈvɜːtɪkl / NAmE / ˈvɜːrtɪkl /
  1. going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture, etc.
    • compare horizontal
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/horizontal_1
    • the vertical axis of the graph
    • The cliff was almost vertical.
    • There was a vertical drop to the ocean.
  2. having a structure in which there are top, middle and bottom levels
    • a vertical flow of communication
  3. passed from one generation to the next
    • 4% of these infections result from vertical transmission from mother to baby.

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘directly overhead’): from French, or from late Latin verticalis, from vertex ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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