verticality

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verticality

/ˌvɜːtɪˈkalɪti/ UK
/ˌvɜːtəˈkaləti/ UK
/ˌvɚtəˈkæləti/ US

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From vertical + -ity; compare French verticalité.

noun verticalities

countable, uncountable Verticalness; the state or condition of being vertical. For these complicated reasons, although, when the sun is vertical, and darts a perpendicular ray, it is supposed to strike with greatest force; yet, in those countries where it is vertical twice a year, in passing to and from the Tropic of Cancer, the greatest heat is not during the instant of its v
Similar: uprightness, verticalness

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@misc{verticality_2026,
  title = {verticality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/verticality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}