Rectangular and Vertical

adjective

• Having four right angles.
  • usage: "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide"
• Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles.
  • usage: "wind and sea may displace the ship's center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system"
  • synonyms: orthogonal

(a.) Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.

noun

• Something that is oriented vertically.
• A vertical structural member as a post or stake.
  • usage: "the ball sailed between the uprights"
  • synonyms: upright

adjective

• At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.
  • usage: "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
  • synonyms: perpendicular
• Relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution.
• Upright in position or posture.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: erect, upright
• Of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group. )
  • usage: "vertical social mobility"

• (n.) A vertical line, plane or circle.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex or highest point; directly overhead or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.
• (n.) Vertical position; zenith.
• (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.