Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
VERTICAL
vertical
(adjective) of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group); “vertical social mobility”
vertical, perpendicular
(adjective) at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; “a vertical camera angle”; “the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab”; “measure the perpendicular height”
erect, vertical, upright
(adjective) upright in position or posture; “an erect stature”; “erect flower stalks”; “for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression”; “a column still vertical amid the ruins”; “he sat bolt upright”
vertical
(adjective) relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
upright, vertical
(noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake; “the ball sailed between the uprights”
vertical
(noun) something that is oriented vertically
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vertical (comparative more vertical, superlative most vertical)
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
(music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
Synonym: harmonic
Antonym: horizontal
Antonyms
• horizontal
Noun
vertical (plural verticals)
A vertex or zenith.
A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
A vertical component of a structure.
(marketing) A vertical market.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"ti*cal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. vertical. See Vertex.]
1. Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one. Charity . . . is the vertical top of all religion. Jer. Taylor.
2. Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line. Vertical angle (Astron. & Geod.), an angle measured on a vertical circle, called an angle of elevation, or altitude, when reckoned from the horizon upward, and of depression when downward below the horizon.
– Vertical anthers (Bot.), such anthers as stand erect at the top of the filaments.
– Vertical circle (Astron.), an azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
– Vertical drill, an drill. See under Upright.
– Vertical fire (Mil.), the fire, as of mortars, at high angles of elevation.
– Vertical leaves (Bot.), leaves which present their edges to the earth and the sky, and their faces to the horizon, as in the Australian species of Eucalyptus.
– Vertical limb, a graduated arc attached to an instrument, as a theodolite, for measuring vertical angles.
– Vertical line. (a) (Dialing) A line perpendicular to the horizon. (b) (Conic Sections) A right line drawn on the vertical plane, and passing through the vertex of the cone. (c) (Surv.) The direction of a plumb line; a line normal to the surface of still water. (d) (Geom., Drawing, etc.) A line parallel to the sides of a page or sheet, in distinction from a horizontal line parallel to the top or bottom.
– Vertical plane. (a) (Conic Sections) A plane passing through the vertex of a cone, and through its axis. (b) (Projections) Any plane which passes through a vertical line. (c) (Persp.) The plane passing through the point of sight, and perpendicular to the ground plane, and also to the picture.
– Vertical sash, a sash sliding up and down. Cf. French sash, under 3d Sash.
– Vertical steam engine, a steam engine having the crank shaft vertically above or below a vertical cylinder.
Ver"ti*cal, n.
1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.]
2. (Math.)
Definition: A vertical line, plane, or circle. Prime vertical, Prime vertical dial. See under Prime, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
22 November 2024
SHEET
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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