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Synonyms: verticil, vortical, verticel, veridical, cortical, heretical, vatical, cervical, vesical, viatical, erotical

Antonyms: verticil, vortical, verticel, veridical, cortical, heretical, vatical, cervical, vesical, viatical, erotical

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Adjective

1. Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of [[gravity]]; along the direction of a [[plumb line]]; perpendicular to something [[horizontal]].
2. In a two-dimensional [[Cartesian]] [[co-ordinate]] system, describing the [[axis]] ''y'' oriented [[normal]] ([[perpendicular]], at [[right angle]]s) to the horizontal axis ''x''.
3. In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis ''z'' oriented normal (perpendicular, [[orthogonal]]) to the basic plane ''xy''.
4. {{lb|en|marketing}} Of or pertaining to [[vertical market]]s.
5. {{lb|en|wine tasting}} Involving different [[vintage]]s of the same wine type from the same [[winery]].
6. {{lb|en|music}} Of an [[interval]]: having the two notes sound simultaneously.

Noun

1. A [[vertex]] or [[zenith]].
2. A vertical [[geometrical]] [[figure]]; a [[perpendicular]].
3. An individual [[slat]] in a set of [[vertical blinds]].
4. A vertical component of a structure.
5. {{lb|en|marketing}} A [[vertical market]].
6. {{lb|en|politics}} A command structure for exertion of political power.
7. {{lb|en|journalism}} A segment in a news publication that contains in-depth pieces focused on a specific topic.

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