vertical

«vertical» in Mova's school dictionary: going straight up and down, at a right angle to the flat… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (vertical); noun (the vertical, a vertical, verticals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Vertical means going straight up and down, at a right angle to the flat ground, like a wall or a flagpole. tree →

2) The vertical is a straight up-and-down line or direction. tree →

3) In business (formal), a vertical is one kind of industry or market. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, vertical lines, axes on graphs (the vertical axis is the y-axis), lines of symmetry and right angles; in science, objects falling vertically; in PE, a vertical jump; opposite of horizontal; phrases: vertical line, vertical axis, vertical jump.

examples

• Draw a vertical line down the middle of the page. tree →
• The flagpole is vertical. tree →
• The y-axis on the graph is vertical. tree →
• The climber went up a vertical cliff. tree →
• The letter T has one vertical line and one horizontal line. tree →
• My vertical jump is 40 centimetres. tree →

note

Opposite of «horizontal» (flat, like the horizon). Memory trick: vertical goes «v-up». In maths, a vertical and horizontal line meet at a right angle (90°). Adverb: vertically.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vertical» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.