verticality

Roget category 212

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.2. Linear dimensions

#212. Verticality

noun

verticality — erectness etc. adj. — perpendicularity etc. 216.1; right angle, normal — azimuth circle.
wall, precipice, cliff.
elevation, erection — square, plumb line, plummet.

verb

be vertical etc. adj. — stand up, stand on end, stand erect, stand upright — stick up, cock up.
render vertical etc. adj. — set up, stick up, raise up, cock up — erect, rear, raise on its legs.

adjective

vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight, bolt, upright — rampant — standing up etc. v. — rectangular, orthogonal etc. 216.1.

adverb

vertically etc. adj. — up, on end — up on end, right on end — a plomb [Fr.], endwise — one one's legs — at right angles.

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