vertical
noun/ˈvɜːtɪkl/
/ˈvɜːrtɪkl/
- usually the verticala straight line or position from top to bottom or bottom to top synonym perpendicular
- The wall is several degrees off the vertical.
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- (business) an area of business or field of activity
- This year we saw significant growth outside our core verticals.
- Can you identify different verticals in your market to which your product might also appeal?
- We had actually identified the healthcare industry as a vertical we wanted to enter way back in 2004.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘directly overhead’): from French, or from late Latin verticalis, from vertex ‘whirlpool, crown of a head, vertex’, from vertere ‘to turn’.
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