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verticality

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌvɜːtɪˈkalɪti/
  • UK: /ˌvɜːtəˈkaləti/
  • US: /ˌvɚtəˈkæləti/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Verticalness; the state or condition of being vertical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1847, Raphael Brandon and Joshua Arthur Brandon, An Analysis of Gothick Architecture, London: P. Richardson, Introduction, pp. 2-3, A tendency to direct verticality, placing itself in, perhaps, violent contrast with the Romanesque horizontalism of the Anglo-Norman, had been in the Early English Gothick, the special characteristick of that beautiful style.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: uprightness, verticalness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

position at right angles to the horizon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: verticalness, erectness, uprightness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position, spatial relation

History

Etymology

From vertical + -ity; compare French verticalité.