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Definition: Vertically |
VerticallyAdverb1. In a vertical direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vertically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Verticality | Adverb: vertically; Adjective: up, on end; up on end, right on end; a plomb, endwise; one one's legs; at right angles. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | Duplex measures, carrying the rear bar ahead After making contact, the rear bar was moved to the forward position It was then realigned horizontally, vertically, and for azimuth on the base line Fig. No. 9, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Using Eimbeck duplex base-line measurement apparatus Aligning duplex bar horizontally and vertically Fig. No. 6, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 244.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Measured drawing delineated by Timothy A. Buehner, Isabel C. Yang, Hugh D. Hughes, 1989-92. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VA,2-CHAR.V,1- Sheet 21 of 32) President Thomas Jefferson designed his home, Monticello, as a sophisticated and innovative structure that could serve as a model of architecture for his fellow countrymen. Constructed between 1768 and 1809, Monticello has become known as one of the greatest works of western architecture, being designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Much has been written about Jefferson's passion for architecture and the antecedents for his designs. Floor plans and photographs of the house have been widely published, but it was not until the HABS section drawings were produced that one could illustrate how the geometrically complex spaces integrated vertically.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Health | Owners of pet mice or hamsters may be at risk for infection if these animals originate from colonies with circulating LCMV, or if the animals become infected from other wild mice. Human fetuses are at risk of acquiring infection vertically from infected maternal blood. (references) | |
Business | Many large food groups, such as Danone and Nestlé, are vertically integrated. (references) | |
The traditional, vertically integrated, self-sufficient organization of the past is being replaced by inter-dependent organizations focused on core competencies. (references) | ||
The regional power sector is presently dominated by publicly owned vertically integrated utilities, whose legal and regulatory frameworks are being overhauled (and many utilities being commercialized). (references) | ||
Economic History | Switzerland | Vertically integrated retail firms account for a large part of local trade. (references) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Flag: Light blue with gold star in center and six smaller gold stars vertically aligned on the left edge. (references) | |
Tanzania | TANESCO, a state owned enterprise, currently has a vertically integrated monopoly in the supply of electricity in Tanzania. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | USAID has helped develop a multi-faceted energy program for Ukraine which focuses on: 1) power sector restructuring, which has helped transform the power sector from a vertically integrated monopoly to a market system with regulatory oversight of tariffs and licensing, and power distribution based on financial bids; 2) assisting the government of Ukraine to privatize the power sector, starting with 27 distribution companies; 3) development of a coal bed methane industry; 4) improving energy production and conservation by introducing new technologies, management techniques and applying market principles; and 5) indirectly supporting Ukraine's nuclear safety performance and improving nuclear sector regulation and inspection. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Christopher Reeve | Well I do exercises what's called a toe table where can experience what's like to bear weight. I practice standing up vertically on this strapped to a table and I do something called a Regis cycle which has have been very kindly donated to me. |
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| "Vertically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "Vertically" is used about 409 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.76% | 408 | 13,799 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.24% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 409 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "vertically": to center vertically ♦ vertically adjustable ♦ vertically distorted model ♦ vertically exaggerated model ♦ vertically grilled weir ♦ vertically movable ♦ vertically perforated brick ♦ vertically polarised wave ♦ vertically polarized wave. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "vertically": vertically-angled, vertically-arranged, vertically-integrated, vertically-mounted, vertically-oriented, vertically-related, vertically-sliding, vertically-unchallenged. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
challenged vertically | 16 |
inclined vertically | 11 |
challenged.com vertically | 5 |
edmonton inclined vertically | 2 |
integrated vertically | 2 |
vertically | 2 |
grinder opposed sharpening vertically | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vertically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vertikalisht (endways, endwise, Plumb), pingulthi (perpendicularly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عموديا (perpendicular, plumb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вертикално (apeak, endlong), отвесено. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 垂直 (Perpendicular, Vertical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vertikálnì, svisle (perpendicularly, upright, uprightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vertikalt integreret selskab (vertically integrated company), vertikalt polariseret antenne (vertically polarised aerial, vertically polarised antenna, vertically polarized antenna), lodret polariseret komponent (vertically polarised component, vertically polarized component), boreplatformen og den inderste cylinder i teleskopsamlingen bevaeger sig sammen op og ned med boreplatformens saetning (the vessel and the inner barrel of the telescoping joint move together vertically with vessel heave), centrere lodret (to center vertically), enhver boring,der foretages lodret over maalet,kan kaldes en subvertikal eller vertikal boring i modsaetning til en retningsbestemt boring (as opposed to directional drilling, may be used to describe any drilling situated vertically above its objective, the terms subvertical drilling or vertical drilling), geometrisk fortegnet model (geometrically distorted model, vertically distorted model, vertically exaggerated model), kilde,der kun udsender lyden i lodret retning (source which directs the sound vertically only), lateral fingering minder om dannelse af indstroemningskegle,bortset fra at vandniveauet er forskudt fra borehullet baade i vandret og lodret plan (except that the water level is both horizontally and vertically displaced from the well, lateral fingering is similar to coning), antenne med lodret mellemrum (vertically spaced aerial, vertically spaced antenna), lodret polariseret emission (vertically polarised emission, vertically polarized emission), lodret polariseret modtager (vertically polarised receiver, vertically polarized receiver), lodret polariseret signal (vertically polarised signal, vertically polarized signal), mangehulssten (vertically perforated brick), musehullet er en roerlaengde,der er placeret lodret paa den forreste del af rotationsbordet,og hvori den naeste laengde boreroer,der skal skrues paa borestrengen,er anbragt (the mousehole is a length of pipe set vertically on the forward side of the rotary table into which is places the next joint of drill pipe to be added to the drill string), teglsten (brick, vertically perforated brick), lodret polariseret boelge (vertically polarised wave, vertically polarized wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verticaal centreren (to center vertically), vertikaal gepolariseerde ontvanger (vertically polarised receiver, vertically polarized receiver), vertikaal gepolariseerde golf (vertically polarised wave, vertically polarized wave), vertikaal gepolariseerde emissie (vertically polarised emission, vertically polarized emission), vertikaal gepolariseerde component (vertically polarised component, vertically polarized component), vertikaal gepolariseerde antenne (vertically polarised aerial, vertically polarised antenna, vertically polarized antenna), vertikaal gepolariseerd signaal (vertically polarised signal, vertically polarized signal), verticaal geïntegreerde onderneming (vertically integrated company), vertikaal onderverdeelde antenne (vertically spaced aerial, vertically spaced antenna), geperforeerde baksteen (vertically perforated brick), het boorschip en de binnenste buis van de telescopische buizenserie bewegen samen verticaal met de beweging van het schip (the vessel and the inner barrel of the telescoping joint move together vertically with vessel heave), het muisegat is een stuk buis dat verticaal op de voorkant van de rotarytafel is geplaatst en waarin de volgende boorpijp wordt gezet die aan de boorkolom wordt toegevoegd (the mousehole is a length of pipe set vertically on the forward side of the rotary table into which is places the next joint of drill pipe to be added to the drill string), laterale vingervorming is een soortgelijk verschijnsel als kegelvorming,zij het dat het watergrensvlak zich ten opzichte van de put zowel horizontaal als verticaal verplaatst (except that the water level is both horizontally and vertically displaced from the well, lateral fingering is similar to coning), loodrecht op haar objectief,elke boring die geschiedt,kan,in tegenstelling tot een gerichte boring,een subverticale of verticale boring genoemd worden (as opposed to directional drilling, may be used to describe any drilling situated vertically above its objective, the terms subvertical drilling or vertical drilling), luisterapparaat (source which directs the sound vertically only), echolood (acoustic sounder, echo depth finder, echo sounder, echo sounding machine, fathometer, sonic depth finder, source which directs the sound vertically only). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pystysuorassa, pystysuoraan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | verticalement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | senkrechten (perpendiculars). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάθετα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | במאו ך. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | függőlegesen (plumb, sheer, uprightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | verticalmente (Plumb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 立て社会 (vertically structured society), 縦社会 (vertically structured society), 縦横 (every direction, length and breadth, length and width, right and left, vertically and horizontally, warp and woof), 縦割り (dividing vertically), 対 ' (vertical angles, vertically opposite angles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいちょうかく (vertical angles, vertically opposite angles), たてしゃかい (vertically structured society), たてわり (dividing vertically), たてよ" (every direction, length and breadth, length and width, right and left, vertically and horizontally, warp and woof), じゅうおう (every direction, length and breadth, length and width, right and left, vertically and horizontally, warp and woof). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 수직 으로 (Perpendicularly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erticallyvay verticalmente (Plumb, straight, uprightly). (various references) vertical (erect, pedimental, perpendicularly, Plumb, stand up, upright, upstanding, vertical). (various references) вертикально (apeak, endlong). (various references) empresa integrada verticalmente (vertically integrated company), antena polarizada verticalmente (vertically polarised aerial, vertically polarised antenna, vertically polarized antenna), antena separada verticalmente (vertically spaced aerial, vertically spaced antenna), centrar verticalmente (to center vertically), componente de polarización vertical (vertically polarised component, vertically polarized component), componente polarizada verticalmente (vertically polarised component, vertically polarized component), dique tipo rastrillo con piezas verticales (vertically grilled weir), el buque y el tubo interno de la junta telescopica se desplazan juntos verticalmente con las oscilaciones del barco (the vessel and the inner barrel of the telescoping joint move together vertically with vessel heave), antena de polarización vertical (vertically polarised aerial, vertically polarised antenna, vertically polarized antenna), emisión de polarización vertical (vertically polarised emission, vertically polarized emission), sextupolo focalizador vertical (vertically focusing sextupole), fuente que dirige sólo el sonido verticalmente (source which directs the sound vertically only), los términos perforación subvertical o perforación vertical pueden usarse, como contraposición de perforación desviada, para describir cualquier sondeo verticalmente sobre su objetivo (as opposed to directional drilling, may be used to describe any drilling situated vertically above its objective, the terms subvertical drilling or vertical drilling), modelo geométricamente distorsionado (geometrically distorted model, vertically distorted model, vertically exaggerated model), onda polarizada verticalmente (vertically polarised wave, vertically polarized wave), receptor de polarización vertical (vertically polarised receiver, vertically polarized receiver), señal con polarización vertical (vertically polarised signal, vertically polarized signal). (various references) vertikalt. (various references) dikine (in the perpendicular, Plumb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | recte, rectene. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Vertically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: verticale, verticaly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vertically" (pronounced ver"tiklē) |
| 5 | -t i k l ē | acoustically, aesthetically, alphabetically, analytically, apologetically, artistically, authentically, automatically, characteristically, cosmetically, democratically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, euphemistically, fantastically, genetically, geopolitically, hypothetically, idiotically, linguistically, logistically, optically, phonetically, poetically, realistically, sarcastically, stylistically, synthetically, systematically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, aerobically, aerodynamically, algebraically, angelically, astronomically, basically, biologically, categorically, chronologically, classically, demographically, ecologically, economically, ethnically, forensically, generically, geometrically, graphically, heroically, hysterically, ideologically, ironically, logically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, organically, pathologically, physiologically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, rhetorically, rhythmically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, symmetrically, systemically, terrifically, theologically, tragically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-r-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: actively, caviller, literacy, rectally, veracity, vertical. | |
-3 letters: alertly, article, caviler, clarity, clavier, clayier, clearly, irately, literal, lyrical, ravelly, reality, recital, tallier, tearily, treacly, valeric, variety, vicarly, vilayet, virally, virelay, vitally. | |
-4 letters: acetyl, active, aerily, artily, atelic, caller, callet, cartel, carvel, cavity, cellar, citral, claret, claver, eclair, elytra, evilly, lacier, lacily, lately, lealty, levity, lively, livery, livyer, lyrate, racily, rallye, really, realty, recall, rectal, relict, retail, retial, rictal, rillet, tailer, taille, taller, telial, tiller, travel, valley, varlet, verily, verity, vilely, villae. | |
-5 letters: aiver, alert, alive, alley, alter, areic, ariel, artel, avert, calve, caret, carle, carte, carve, cater, caver, cavie, cavil, cella, celli, ceria, citer, civet, clary, clave, clavi, clear, cleat, crate, crave, early, eclat, erica, ervil, evict, ileac, ileal, iller, irate, lacer, lacey, laity, later, laver, layer, leary, leavy, lilac, liter, litre, liver, livre, lyart, lycea, lyric, lytic, rally, ratel, ravel, react, recta, recti, relay, relic, relit, retia, riley, rille, rival, rivet, riyal, taler, tally, teary, telia, telic, telly, terai, tical, tiler, trace, trail, trave, triac, trial, trice, trill, valet, vatic, vealy, velar, vicar, viler, villa, viral, vitae, vital. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-r-t-v-y" | |
+1 letter: lucratively, vectorially. | |
+3 letters: correlatively, declaratively. | |
+4 letters: overanalytical, volumetrically. | |
+5 letters: collaboratively, controversially, gravimetrically, reduplicatively, voyeuristically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 74 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. - .. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r t i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0074 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56718486756967787891 |
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