Jan 31, 2012 · If x and y are horizontal, z is vertical; if x and z are horizontal, y is vertical. The words horizontal and vertical are generally used in a planar (2-dimensional) sense, not spatial (3 …

Dec 29, 2025 · I am reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Page 13 of my copy says: Truly, the super-user is all-powerful: she controls the horizontal, she controls the vertical. I am not familiar with this p...

Apr 13, 2016 · The intersection of the vertical plane with the horizontal plane would form a transverse. This medical definition from thefreedictionary.com describes: transverse plane of space, n an …

Apr 19, 2014 · Is there one word for both horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal, adjacency? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 9 months ago

If I want to speak of North, South, East, West in a general sense I could, for example, use the term cardinal direction. Which term is appropriate to sum up horizontal and vertical in the same man...

Aug 29, 2020 · Air shaft: (architecture) A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices. [Wikitionary] Or …

Feb 19, 2024 · (possible) interest only: I use || to separate distinct thoughts in a comment field such as this one. || Using a double vertical separator is exceedingly non-standard but I think/hope/feel …

Aug 22, 2023 · Vertical simply implies a direction, or height. Sometimes it's used in the context of a hierarchy, but even there it implies "up-down", not stacked. Are you suggesting that a sentence like …

Feb 28, 2016 · How acceptable is to use the word "dorsal" as antonym for "lateral"? Are there better antonyms denoting direction along the vertical as opposed to lateral.

Nov 29, 2021 · My grandparents had a structure at the last cattle guard before their ranch house from which a sign with the name of their ranch hung. It was two vertical poles, with a horizontal …