1. At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
   "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab";
   - perpendicular
    
2. Not sloping in position or posture; positioned vertically
   "a column still vertical amid the ruins";
   - erect, upright
    
3. Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
   "The company aimed for vertical integration to control the entire supply chain"
    
4. Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
   "vertical social mobility"

1. A perpendicular line or direction relative to the horizon
   "The plumb bob shows a true vertical"; "The climber followed the vertical up the rock face"
    
2. A vertical structural member as a post or stake
   "the ball sailed between the verticals";
   - upright

Derived forms: verticals

See also: attitude, erectile, fastigiate, hierarchal, hierarchic, hierarchical, orientation, orthostatic, passant, plumb, position, posture, rampant, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, standing, stand-up, statant, steep, straight, unbent, unbowed, unsloped, upended, upright

Type of: orientation, structural member

Part of: goalpost

Encyclopedia: Vertical