[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vertical \ver"tical\, a. cf. f. vertical. see vertex.
   1913 webster
   1. of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or
      highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith;
      perpendicularly above one.
      1913 webster

            charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb;
      as, a vertical line.
      1913 webster

   vertical angle astron.  geod., an angle measured on a
      vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or
      altitude, when reckoned from the horizon upward, and of
      depression when downward below the horizon.

   vertical anthers bot., such anthers as stand erect at the
      top of the filaments.

   vertical circle astron., an azimuth circle. see under
      azimuth.

   vertical drill, an upright drill. see under upright.

   vertical fire mil., the fire, as of mortars, at high
      angles of elevation.

   vertical leaves bot., leaves which present their edges to
      the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as
      in the australian species of eucalyptus.

   vertical limb, a graduated arc attached to an instrument,
      as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles.

   vertical line.
      a dialing a line perpendicular to the horizon.
      b conic sections a right line drawn on the vertical
          plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone.
      c surv. the direction of a plumb line; a line normal
          to the surface of still water.
      d geom., drawing, etc. a line parallel to the sides of
          a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line
          parallel to the top or bottom.

   vertical plane.
      a conic sections a plane passing through the vertex of
          a cone, and through its axis.
      b projections any plane which passes through a
          vertical line.
      c persp. the plane passing through the point of sight,
          and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the
          picture.

   vertical sash, a sash sliding up and down. cf. french
      sash, under 3d sash.

   vertical steam engine, a steam engine having the crank
      shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.
      1913 webster
see also:
vertex vertical angle vertical anthers vertical circle azimuth vertical drill 
upright vertical fire vertical leaves vertical limb vertical line 
vertical plane vertical sash french sash sash vertical steam engine 

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