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Definition of vertical
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Vertical
(n.)
Vertical
position;
zenith.
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Glyph
::
Glyph (n.) A
sunken
channel
or
groove,
usually
vertical.
See
Triglyph..
Seine
::
Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is
provided
with
sinkers,
and the other with
floats.
It hangs
vertically
in the
water,
and when its ends are
brought
together
or drawn
ashore
incloses
the
fish..
Ascians
::
Ascians
(n. pl.)
Persons
who, at
certain
times of the year, have no
shadow
at noon; --
applied
to the
inhabitants
of the
torrid
zone, who have, twice a year, a
vertical
sun..
Catenary
::
Catenary
(n.) The curve
formed
by a rope or chain of
uniform
density
and
perfect
flexibility,
hanging
freely
between
two
points
of
suspension,
not in the same
vertical
line..
Radiata
::
Radiata
(n. pl.) An
extensive
artificial
group of
invertebrates,
having
all the parts
arranged
radially
around
the
vertical
axis of the body, and the
various
organs
repeated
symmetrically
in each ray or
spheromere..
Orthotropic
::
Orthotropic
(a.)
Having
the
longer
axis
vertical;
-- said of erect
stems.
Capstan
::
Capstan
(n.) A
vertical
cleated
drum or
cylinder,
revolving
on an
upright
spindle,
and
surmounted
by a
drumhead
with
sockets
for bars or
levers.
It is much used,
especially
on
shipboard,
for
moving
or
raising
heavy
weights
or
exerting
great power by
traction
upon a rope or
cable,
passing
around
the drum. It is
operated
either
by steam power or by a
number
of men
walking
around
the
capstan,
each
pushing
on the end of a lever fixed in its
socket..
Perpendicular
::
Perpendicular
(a.)
Exactly
upright
or
vertical;
pointing
to the
zenith;
at right
angles
to the plane of the
horizon;
extending
in a right line from any point
toward
the
center
of the
earth.
Monoclinic
::
Monoclinic
(a.)
Having
one
oblique
intersection;
-- said of that
system
of
crystallization
in which the
vertical
axis is
inclined
to one, but at right
angles
to the
other,
lateral
axis. See
Crystallization..
Transom
::
Transom
(n.) A
horizontal
crossbar
in a
window,
over a door, or
between
a door and a
window
above it.
Transom
is the
horizontal,
as
mullion
is the
vertical,
bar
across
an
opening.
See
Illust.
of
Mullion..
Lattice
::
Lattice
(n.) The
representation
of a piece of
latticework
used as a
bearing,
the bands being
vertical
and
horizontal..
Well
::
Well (v. i.) A
vertical
passage
in the stern into which an
auxiliary
screw
propeller
may be drawn up out of
water.
Guillotine
::
Guillotine
(n.) A
machine
for
beheading
a
person
by one
stroke
of a heavy ax or
blade,
which
slides
in
vertical
guides,
is
raised
by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the
victim..
Knuckle
::
Knuckle
(n.) A
convex
portion
of a
vessel's
figure
where a
sudden
change
of shape
occurs,
as in a canal boat, where a
nearly
vertical
side joins a
nearly
flat
bottom..
Noddy
::
Noddy (n.) An
inverted
pendulum
consisting
of a short
vertical
flat
spring
which
supports
a rod
having
a bob at the top; -- used for
detecting
and
measuring
slight
horizontal
vibrations
of a body to which it is
attached.
Upright
::
Upright
(a.) In an erect
position
or
posture;
perpendicular;
vertical,
or
nearly
vertical;
pointing
upward;
as, an
upright
tree..
Whim
::
Whim (n.) A large
capstan
or
vertical
drum
turned
by horse power or steam
power,
for
raising
ore or
water,
etc., from
mines,
or for other
purposes;
--
called
also whim gin, and
whimsey..
Rake
::
Rake (n.) A
fissure
or
mineral
vein
traversing
the
strata
vertically,
or
nearly
so; --
called
also
rake-vein..
Zenith
::
Zenith
(n.) That point in the
visible
celestial
hemisphere
which is
vertical
to the
spectator;
the point of the
heavens
directly
overhead;
--
opposed
to
nadir.
Clinopinacoid
::
Clinopinacoid
(n.) The plane in
crystals
of the
monoclinic
system
which is
parallel
to the
vertical
and the
inclined
lateral
(clinidiagonal)
axes.
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