vertical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)

   vertical social mobility

2. 2
   adj

   at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

   a vertical camera angle

3. 3
   adj

   Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

   vertical lines

4. 4
   noun

   A vertical market.

   We offer specialised accounting software targeting various verticals.

5. 5
   noun

   A command structure for exertion of political power.

   Russian opposition outlet Vazhnye Istorii reported on August 19 that Russian President Vladimir Putin's reaction to the "Kursk situation" has exposed certain shifts within the Kremlin's power vertical, many of which have been underway over the last several months ... Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov noted that the FSB has generally shifted its mandate away from controlling Russian oligarchs and towards controlling Russia’s military and Russia’s military-industrial complex as well as countering "saboteurs and terrorists," and Vazhnye Istorii reported that several long-time Russian economic oligarchs are also gradually losing their influence within the Kremlin's wider power vertical ... ISW has reported at length on Putin's efforts to maintain a core cadre of loyal siloviki (Russian strongmen with political influence) within the Russian power vertical, particularly since the risks to Putin's regime first introduced by the Wagner Group's armed rebellion in June 2023.

6. 6
   adj

   upright in position or posture

7. 7
   adj

   relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

8. 8
   noun

   a vertical structural member as a post or stake

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.