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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
vertical
/ˈvɜːtɪkəl/
adjective1 of 2
a line going up/down; not horizontal
- “There was a vertically standing object in the water.”Tatoeba
- “I suppose you could write the numbers vertically.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A vertex or zenith.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)