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Another word for vertical

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Adjective

  1. At right angles to the horizon or to level ground

    See also:

    horizontal

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Another word for vertical

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Sentence Examples

  • A man stood next to it, peeking through a slit in the vertical slats.

  • apart in a vertical line.

  • The case is firmly fixed to a " bridge " B with its back or bottom in a vertical position.

  • 771818) to employ a receiving antenna consisting of vertical wires held in a frame which could be swivelled round into various positions and used to locate the position of the sending station by ascertaining the position in which the frame must be placed to create in it the maximum oscillatory current.

  • The vertical branches descend to the basement and generally merge in a single return pipe which is connected to the lower part of the boiler.

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