Vertically
['vɝtɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) in a vertical direction; 'a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally'.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.
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Examples
- It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In experiment 14 an electric light carbon heated to a red heat at its tip, is plunged vertically into a deep glass of liquid oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These were the flat cloth plate, vertical post, overhung arm, vertically reciprocating needle, and continuous thread. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Light falling vertically on a diamond is reflected back in straight, unbroken rays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this the spindles, arranged vertically in the frame, are driven by bands from a central cylinder, and project through apertures in a horizontal bar. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In using the method for saw blades, they are first heated in a suitable furnace and then placed vertically, teeth upward, in troughs filled with the mixture. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The mechanism required for making this adjustment is, however, liable to get out of order, and the introduction of vertically acting floats has consequently been very limited. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For example, Thales saw that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal, and that when two straight lines cut one another the vertically opposite angles are equal. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Do not make the doorways over 6 or 7 feet in length vertically, as in all cases they weaken the structure. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They stand vertically, however, upon the two bed plates which appear at the top of the two low pressure cylinders. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It consists of a steam cylinder at the top whose piston is attached to a block of iron, forming the hammer head and sliding vertically in guides between the two legs of the frame. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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