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Great circle on the celestial sphere that is perpendicular to the horizon
geometry, a vertical circle is a great circle on the celestial sphere that is perpendicular to the horizon. Therefore, it contains the vertical direction
Vertical_circle
Directional planes
plane Transverse plane Vertical and horizontal (radio propagation) Vertical circle Vertical position Zenith Zenith angle (vertical angle) Hofmann-Wellenhof
Vertical_and_horizontal
The vertical circle is an optical instrument used to measure angles in astronomy, which name is derived from the mathematical concept of the vertical circle
Vertical_circle_(instrument)
Optical surveying instrument
and various other graduated circles (see circumferentor) and semicircles (see graphometer) were used to obtain either vertical or horizontal angle measurements
Theodolite
Celestial coordinate system
In astronomy, astrology, and geodesy, the prime vertical or first vertical is the vertical circle passing east and west through the zenith of a specific
Prime_vertical
Flight path putting aircraft in unusual attitudes
Reading the diagrams, a figure begins at the small solid circle and ends at the short vertical line. Inverted flight (negative g) is depicted by dashed
Aerobatic_maneuver
Astronomical instrument for timing of the passage of stars
and azimuth instrument for measuring vertical and horizontal angles, and in 1704, he combined a vertical circle with his transit instrument, so as to
Meridian_circle
Simple curve of Euclidean geometry
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any point of
Circle
Great semicircle passing through the celestial poles
Hemisphere. Meridian (geography) Prime meridian (planets) Prime vertical, the vertical circle perpendicular to a meridian Longitude (planets) "Local Horizon
Meridian_(astronomy)
Topics referred to by the same term
dotted circle ◯, the circle mark Unicode provides various circle symbols: Circle (disambiguation) Degree symbol § Lookalikes List of circle topics O
Circle_symbol
horizontal axis must be perpendicular to the vertical axis. Vertical circle index adjustment. The vertical circle must read zero when the line of collimation
Permanent adjustments of theodolites
Permanent_adjustments_of_theodolites
Type of celestial coordinate system
coordinates Horizon Vertical and horizontal Meridian (astronomy) Sextant Solar declination Spherical coordinate system Vertical circle Zenith Note that the
Horizontal_coordinate_system
from the north or south point of the horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon. Sun compass orientation
Sun_compass_in_animals
Geometric civil engineering calculation technique
reducing them to vertical and horizontal components. These are called principal planes in which principal stresses are calculated; Mohr's circle can also be
Mohr's_circle
Technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument
the horizontal and vertical distance components must be determined. Some instruments have additional graduations on a vertical circle to assist with these
Stadiametric_rangefinding
Science of determining the positions of points and the distances and angles between them
alignment. The vertical circle measures the angle that the telescope makes against the vertical, known as the zenith angle. The horizontal circle uses an upper
Surveying
2024 video game
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a 2024 action-adventure video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is based on
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana_Jones_and_the_Great_Circle
Observatory in Vienna
interest, including a noted heliometer and large meridian circle, and also a vertical circle. The observatory's first observations were made in 1886. The
Kuffner_Observatory
Intersection of a torus and a plane
That means that the torus is the locus of some vertical circles of radius three whose centers are on a circle of radius five in the horizontal xy plane. Points
Villarceau_circles
Topics referred to by the same term
video game Two of the four cardinal directions A line of longitude A vertical circle in astronomy North and South Railway, a defunct planned American railroad
North_and_South
Geometric pattern characteristic of Muslim art
an unglazed earthenware water flask from Aleppo in the shape of a vertical circle (with handles and neck above) is decorated with a ring of moulded braiding
Islamic_geometric_patterns
Geographic notion
A circle of latitude or line of latitude on Earth is an abstract east–west small circle connecting all locations around Earth (ignoring elevation) at
Circle_of_latitude
Former movie palace in Los Angeles, California, USA (1926-69)
1969. The auditorium itself was shaped in the form of a perfect circle, extended vertically into a cylinder, set inside a square that fleshed out the remainder
Carthay_Circle_Theatre
Figure formed by two rays meeting at a common point
each other are called vertical angles, opposite angles or vertically opposite angles (abbreviated vert. opp. ∠s), where "vertical" refers to the sharing
Angle
Upper-half plane model of hyperbolic non-Euclidean geometry
straight lines), project to either half-circles whose center has y {\displaystyle y} coordinate zero, or to vertical straight lines of constant x {\displaystyle
Poincaré_half-plane_model
Part of the Divine Comedy
The third circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first part of the 14th-century poem Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's
Third_circle_of_hell
Galician astronomer (1878-1966)
the improvements; a clock of sidereal time; a base for the portable vertical circle monocular, etc... Contistuted by his two main research lines double
Ramón_María_Aller_Ulloa
Mathematics concept
the trivial line bundle over a circle, which is sometimes depicted as a vertical cylinder projecting to a horizontal circle. A subspace H e E {\displaystyle
Vertical and horizontal bundles
Vertical_and_horizontal_bundles
Type of compass
concept is that strike and dip is measured in one step, using the vertical circle for dip angle and the compass for the strike direction. The first implementation
Geological_compass
Meridian passing through Greenwich, London
of the vertical. When the Airy transit circle was built, a mercury basin was used to align the telescope to the perpendicular. Thus the circle was aligned
Prime_meridian_(Greenwich)
Topics referred to by the same term
(and ø) is a Scandinavian vowel letter. The letter Ø or the symbol ∅ (a circle crossed by a diagonal slash) etc. may also refer to: Close-mid front rounded
Ø_(disambiguation)
As depicted in Dante's Inferno
The first circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri's 14th-century poem Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's
First_circle_of_hell
Number, approximately 3.14
mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. It appears in many formulae across mathematics
Pi
Meteorological instrument for determining the direction and relative speed of clouds
cloud is seen to follow along the line of spikes. A graduated circle, turning with the vertical pole, gives the direction of the cloud's motion. It is read
Nephoscope
As depicted in Dante's Inferno
The second circle of hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri's 14th-century poem Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy. Inferno tells the story of Dante's
Second_circle_of_hell
Aircraft movements during air combat
called vertical flow, in which one or both fighters turn toward the vertical plane. If both fighters go up or down, the fight becomes one-circle flow.
Basic_fighter_maneuvers
Observatory
Sun and Solar system bodies. To equip the new department the Repsold Vertical Circle and the passage instrument (Freiberg-Kondratiev) were moved from Odessa
Mykolaiv_Observatory
Geographic coordinate specifying north-south position
the Equator. Lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east-west as circles parallel to the equator. Latitude and longitude are used together as a
Latitude
Model of personality and behavior
motives. The interpersonal circumplex is defined by two orthogonal axes: a vertical axis (of status, dominance, power, ambitiousness, assertiveness, or control)
Interpersonal_circumplex
18th-century British mathematician and scientific instrument maker (1735–1800)
mounted refracting telescope. His most celebrated work was a 5-feet vertical circle, which was finished in 1789 and was used by Giuseppe Piazzi at the
Jesse_Ramsden
American actor (born 1970)
film In Love and War (1996). In the 2000s, O'Donnell starred in the films Vertical Limit (2000), Kinsey (2004), and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Chris_O'Donnell
Concept in geometry
area enclosed by a circle of radius r is πr2. Here, the Greek letter π represents the constant ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter,
Area_of_a_circle
British free-to-air television channel
The last child would produce the Channel 4 logo in the form of three vertical circles, with another in the middle and to the left containing the Channel
Channel_4
2025 American action comedy film
(June 5, 2025). "Hemlock Circle's 'Bad Man,' Starring Sean William Scott and Rob Riggle Gets Theatrical Release From Vertical This Fall | Exclusive". TheWrap
Bad_Man_(2025_film)
Astronomical observatory in Belgrade, Serbia
of Large Vertical Circle Askania 190/2578 mm, Pavilion of Large Transit Instrument Askania 190/2578 mm and Pavilion of Large Meridian Circle Askania 190/2578 mm
Belgrade_Observatory
First Showing. Retrieved March 22, 2026. Vertical (March 23, 2026). The Whistler | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical. Retrieved March 27, 2026 – via YouTube
List of American films of 2026
List_of_American_films_of_2026
Shape in mathematics of domino tiling
exactly one black square. Vertical tiles where the top square covers a black square, is colored in one color, and the other vertical tiles in a second. Similarly
Aztec_diamond
Irish mathematician and astronomer
an equatorial machine with circles five feet in diameter; a transit of six feet focal length, and a ten-foot vertical circle executed, after delays, on
Henry_Ussher_(astronomer)
center of the circle. The circle must remain perfectly round, with entry and exit to be at the same altitude. Outside loop. A vertical circle commenced from
3D_Aerobatics
TV test pattern, used to be widely used in European (PAL) countries
75% amplitude. To the left of the circle: Vertical bar – line alternating positive and negative R-Y signal; Vertical bars – positive and negative R-Y signal;
Philips_circle_pattern
Family of birds
birds simultaneously and repeatedly fly around one another in large, vertical circles, while swinging the tail streamers from side to side. If the female
Tropicbird
East Asian typographical markings
usually rules as a dot or circle centred above the characters in the horizontal texts and to the right of the characters in the vertical texts. Examples: using
Emphasis_mark
German astronomical and scientific instrument maker
Geodäsie. 6: 348–357. Abbe, Cleveland (1867). "The repsold portable vertical circle". American Journal of Science. 128: 207–216. doi:10.2475/ajs.s2-43
Adolf_Repsold
English dancer and choreographer (born 1974)
Work" Award Won 2010 Critics' Circle National Dance Awards [Akram Khan Company dancers – Eulalia Ayguade Farro (Vertical Road, Bahok) & Yoshie Sunahata
Akram_Khan_(dancer)
Air combat tactic
The Lufbery circle or Lufbery wheel, also spelled Lufberry or Luffberry, is a defensive air combat tactic first used during World War I. While its name
Lufbery_circle
Three Events of NaoyoshiI Hikosaka Kyoto 1972 -”, Gallery 16, Kyoto “VERTICAL CIRCLE: Retrospective exhibition of Naoyoshi Hikosaka”, The Softmachine Museum
Naoyoshi_Hikosaka
set ÷ Division sign Division sign Slash (Solidus), Obelus ◌ Dotted circle Dotted circle Combining Diacritical Marks … Horizontal ellipsis Ellipsis The form
List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks
List_of_typographical_symbols_and_punctuation_marks
All points in space which project onto the same points in the retinas of both eyes
below the primary horopter circle, the theoretical horopter components of the circle and straight line rotate vertically around the axis of the nodal
Horopter
Characters encoded solely to maintain round-trip convertibility with other standards
include: initial, medial, final, isolated, wide, narrow, small, square, vertical, circle, noBreak, fraction, sub, super, and compat. These keywords provide
Unicode compatibility characters
Unicode_compatibility_characters
Type of halo, an optical phenomenon
violet along the fringes. Parhelic circles form as beams of sunlight are reflected by vertical or almost vertical hexagonal ice crystals. The reflection
Parhelic_circle
theodolite with a horizontal circle of 3 feet (0.91 m) diameter, and a vertical circle of 2 feet (0.61 m) diameter (these circles were read by means of micrometre
Alexander_Strange
Chinese mathematical arrangement
number circle = 292; sums of three circles along horizontal lines = 876; sum of three circles along vertical lines = 876; sum of three circles along the
Magic_circle_(mathematics)
How airlines decide to brand themselves and paint aircraft
dark blue "o" in a white circle. Formerly, as Evelop, the "o" was an exclamation mark "!". ITA Airways: The tailfin has a vertical green, white, and red
List of airline liveries and logos
List_of_airline_liveries_and_logos
Imaginary point directly above a particular location, on the imaginary celestial sphere
celestial sphere directly "above" a particular location. "Above" means in the vertical direction (plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location
Zenith
Neolithic henge in Somerset, England
Slightly further from the Great Circle is a single stone, known as Hautville's Quoit. Some of the stones are still vertical, but the majority are now recumbent
Stanton_Drew_stone_circles
Arc-like path that the Sun appears to follow across the sky
zenith angle of the Sun, i.e., the angle between the sun’s rays and the vertical direction. It is the complement to the solar altitude or solar elevation
Sun_path
Graphical symbol or pictogram used to point or indicate direction
Open Circle Arrow ⇖ North West Double Arrow ⇲ South East Arrow To Corner U+219E U+21BA U+21D6 U+21F2 ↟ Upwards Two Headed Arrow ↻ Clockwise Open Circle Arrow
Arrow_(symbol)
Observatory
"Preliminary Results of Observations with the Pulkovo Photographic Vertical Circle". Soviet Astronomy. 11: 148. Bibcode:1967SvA....11..148N. Belyaev,
National Astronomical Observatory (Chile)
National_Astronomical_Observatory_(Chile)
Circle constructed from a triangle
In geometry, the nine-point circle is a circle that can be constructed for any given triangle. It is so named because it passes through nine significant
Nine-point_circle
Three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system
is the axis of rotation. The focal ring is also known as the reference circle. The most common definition of toroidal coordinates ( τ , σ , ϕ ) {\displaystyle
Toroidal_coordinates
Geometric pattern used in art
An overlapping circles grid is a geometric pattern of repeating, overlapping circles of an equal radius in two-dimensional space. Commonly, designs are
Overlapping_circles_grid
Bridge in Michigan
underneath. The bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical-lift bridge. More than 35,000 tons of concrete and 7,000 tons of steel
Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge
Block of Unicode symbols
Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF. The BLACK CIRCLE is displayed when typing in a password field, in order to hide characters
Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)
Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)
Shape with five sides
left intersection with the circle as point B. Construct a vertical line through the center. Mark one intersection with the circle as point A. Construct the
Pentagon
Vertical declining dials are sundials that indicate local apparent time. Vertical south dials are a special case: as are vertical north, vertical east
Schema for vertical declining dials
Schema_for_vertical_declining_dials
Shopping mall in New York City
"Upscale Shopping (Emphasis on Up); The Shops at Columbus Circle Embraces a Tricky Concept: Vertical Retailing". The New York Times. The New York Times Company
The_Shops_at_Columbus_Circle
U.S. state flag
God We Trust" written below, all put over a blue Canadian pale with two vertical gold borders on a red field. The topmost star, gold and composed of a pattern
Flag_of_Mississippi
Curve generated by rolling a circle inside another circle with 4x or (4/3)x the radius
point on a circle as it rolls inside a fixed circle with four times the radius. By double generation, it is also the locus of a point on a circle as it rolls
Astroid
two euro coins have vertical lines on the outer circle, the fifty, twenty and ten cent coins have horizontal lines on the outer circle, and the five, two
Lithuanian_euro_coins
27, 2025). "Holocaust Escape Thriller 'The World Will Tremble' Sells to Vertical (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2025. DeVore
List of American films of 2025
List_of_American_films_of_2025
U.S. state flag
a blue triangular field...the base of which shall be the staff end or vertical edge of the flag, and the apex of which shall be the center of the middle
Flag_of_Ohio
Natural number
bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a 3-look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta
9
Traffic circle in Manhattan, New York
Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth
Columbus_Circle
Mountain in Nunavut, Canada
Earth's greatest vertical drop of 1,200 m (4,100 ft), with the cliff overhanging at an average angle of 105 degrees (15 degrees from vertical). Despite its
Mount_Thor
Measure of distance in physical space
height, which is vertical length or vertical extent, width, breadth, and depth. Height is used when there is a base from which vertical measurements can
Length
Linear transform from the time domain to the frequency domain
the s-domain's vertical axis (the imaginary axis), the discrete-time Fourier transform is evaluated along the z-domain's unit circle. The s-domain's
Z-transform
Cylindrical conformal map projection
transverse to it, when the projected equator extends to infinity in the vertical direction. A simple expression for the spherical form of the Mercator projection
Mercator_projection
Australian actor (born 1997)
Way Starring Jacob Elordi, Zachary Quinto & Patrick J. Adams Acquired By Vertical". Deadline. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 15
Jacob_Elordi
Residential, commercial, public spaces in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Downtown Circle is a proposed[when?] megastructure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project is designed by ZNera Space, an architecture firm based in
Downtown_Circle
Nigerian-British actress (born 1986)
Goold and based on the book by Simon Schama, at the Lyric Hammersmith; The Vertical Hour (2010), by David Hare, and Truth and Reconciliation (2011), both at
Wunmi_Mosaku
Section of pathway that changes direction
types of vertical curves on roads: Valley curve Summit curve A simple curve has the same radius throughout and is a single arc of a circle, with two
Road_curve
Sacred symbol in Bakongo spirituality
depicts the physical world (Ku Nseke), the spiritual world (Ku Mpémba), the vertical Mukula line that connects the two worlds, the horizontal Kalûnga line and
Kongo_cosmogram
Plane curve
both distances to the two focal points is a constant. It generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal points are
Ellipse
Inclination of road or surface other than flat
of the circle). Consequently, opposite operations are performed when inserting friction into equations for forces in the centripetal and vertical directions
Banked_turn
controlled by Japan) One vertical bi-colour division – equal Flag of Algeria Flag of Malta Flag of the Vatican City One vertical bi-colour division – unequal
List of national flags by design
List_of_national_flags_by_design
modules (2 m) to the left of the meeting point of the extended vertical diameter of the circle with the base of the outer frame. The radius of the lower arc
Flag_of_Brazil
Greek dish
romanized: gýros/yíros, lit. 'turn', pronounced [ˈʝiros]), is meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced and served wrapped or stuffed in pita bread, along
Gyros
Type of vertical axis wind turbine
A panemone windmill is a type of vertical-axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel
Panemone_windmill
horizontal circles (red). The purple planes intersect at vertical circles (green). The curvature lines of a torus generate a net of orthogonal circles. A torus
Dupin's_theorem
Image edge detection algorithm
circle indicate positive angles, and the blue and cyan colors indicate negative angles. The vertical edges on the left and right sides of the circle have
Sobel_operator
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Girl/Female
Australian, British, English, German
Awesome
Girl/Female
Tamil
Madhuchanda | மதà¯à®šà®‚தா
Metrical composition
Madhuchanda | மதà¯à®šà®‚தா
Girl/Female
Hindu
Pleasing metrical composition
Girl/Female
Sikh
Metrical composition
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vertika | வரà¯à®¤à®¿à®•ா
Lamp
Vertika | வரà¯à®¤à®¿à®•ா
Girl/Female
Hindu
Colorful
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Pleasing Metrical Composition
Girl/Female
Tamil
Madhuchhanda | மதà¯à®šà®‚தா
Pleasing metrical composition
Madhuchhanda | மதà¯à®šà®‚தா
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Lamp; After Prey who Got You by God
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Successful
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Sweet Rhythm; Pleasing Metrical Composition
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex, Cambridgeshire)
English (Essex, Cambridgeshire) : possibly a variant of Trendall, a topographic name for someone who lived by a well, earhwork, stone circle, or other circular feature, from Middle English trendel, trandle ‘circle’ (Old English trendel).Possibly an altered spelling of South German Tröndle, a variant of Trendle, a nickname for a tearful person, from Träne ‘tear’ + the diminutive suffix -l.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vetrival | வேதà¯à®°à®¿à®µà®¾à®²
Successful
Vetrival | வேதà¯à®°à®¿à®µà®¾à®²
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Dutch
English, German, and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a maker of rings (from Middle English ring, Middle High German rinc, Middle Dutch ring), either to be worn as jewelry or as component parts of chain-mail, harnesses, and other objects. In part it may also have arisen as a nickname for a wearer of a ring.Scandinavian : from ring ‘ring’, probably an ornamental name but possibly applied in the same sense as 3 or 1.German : topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German rink, rinc ‘circle’.Irish (eastern County Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Rinn (see Reen).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lord Buddha, Energy circle or a form of chakra
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places called Wilby, in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire. The first is probably named from an Old English wilig ‘willow’ + Old English bēag ‘circle’; the second has the same first element + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead’ or Old English bēag, and the last is named with the Old English or Old Scandinavian personal name Villi + býr.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vernica | வேரà¯à®¨à¯€à®•ா
Colorful
Vernica | வேரà¯à®¨à¯€à®•ா
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lamp
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shaakya | ஷாகà¯à®¯à®¾à®‚
Lord Buddha, Energy circle or a form of chakra
Shaakya | ஷாகà¯à®¯à®¾à®‚
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Colourful
VERTICAL CIRCLE
VERTICAL CIRCLE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
True Soul
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Fierce; Forceful; Whirlwind
Boy/Male
Tamil
Indraneel | இஂதà¯à®°à®¨à¯€à®²
Emerald
Surname or Lastname
English
English : originally de Laine (see Delaine), this is a Huguenot name, which was taken to England in the 17th century.French : possibly a habitational name for someone from Lannes in Haute-Marne.
Boy/Male
Indian
Another name of God, One who preaches
Male
Serbian
(Зоран) Serbian name ZORAN means "light of dawn."
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English
Foreign
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beauchamp.
Boy/Male
Latin
Laurel.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Hard Worker
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n.
A circle either of leaves or flowers about a stem at the same node; a whorl.
a.
Heretical.
n.
Quality or state of being vertical.
n.
A whorl; a verticil.
a.
Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.
a.
Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
a.
Arranged in three vertical or spiral rows.
a.
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
n.
Vertical position; zenith.
n.
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
adv.
In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.
a.
Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.
a.
Arranged in three vertical rows.
a.
Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
a.
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion.
v. i.
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
a.
Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
a.
Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.
a.
Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebrae.
n.
A vertical line, plane, or circle.