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Definition of vertical
1a: perpendicular to the plane of the horizon or to a primary axis : UPRIGHT
b(1): located at right angles to the plane of a supporting surface
(2): lying in the direction of an axis : LENGTHWISE
2a: situated at the highest point : directly overhead or in the zenith
bof an aerial photograph : taken with the camera pointing straight down or nearly so
3a: relating to, involving, or integrating economic activity from basic production to point of sale
a vertical monopoly
b: of, relating to, or comprising persons of different status
the vertical arrangement of society
4medical : relating to or being transmission (as of a disease) by genetic inheritance or by a congenital or perinatal route
vertical inheritance
… decreasing the rate of vertical transmission of HIV to the fetus by two-thirds, so that the numbers of children with the condition are diminishing.
— Cynthia B. Cohen
— compare HORIZONTAL sense 3
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