Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

something that is oriented vertically

a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• “the ball sailed between the uprights”

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

• “a vertical camera angle”
• “the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab”
• “measure the perpendicular height”

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

upright in position or posture

• “an erect stature”
• “erect flower stalks”
• “for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression”
• “a column still vertical amid the ruins”
• “he sat bolt upright”

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

• “vertical social mobility”