vertical alignment

collocation in English

meaningsofverticalandalignment

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vertical
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈvɝː.t̬ə.kəl/
standing or pointing straight up or at an angle of 90° to a horizontal surface ...
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alignment
noun
uk
/əˈlaɪn.mənt/us
/əˈlaɪn.mənt/
an arrangement in which two or more things are positioned in a straight line or parallel to ...
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(Definition ofverticalandalignmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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More importantly, theverticalalignmentof the strokes in both voices is exact.
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The fifth rule states thatverticalalignmentis invariant under horizontal repetition.
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An obvious way of studying the similarities and differences between sources of organa is a comparative transcription, tabulating the different versions inverticalalignmentabove the tenor.
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The present narrow single carriageway has a poorverticalalignmentin places and is substandard for the amount of traffic using it.
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Requests for information about theverticalalignmentof the railway, which will be vitally important to measuring the impact on the communities through which it will pass, have remained unanswered.
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Some countries do not have specification on the exact geometry of vertical curves beyond general specification onverticalalignment.
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Typical tasks would include determining horizontal andverticalalignmentdesign, station location and design, and construction cost estimating.
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Some degree ofverticalalignmentbetween the right hand and the left hand is maintained.
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Dowel bars are used as load-transferring devices to efficiently transfer loads across transverse joints while maintaining the joint's horizontal andverticalalignment.
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Itsverticalalignmentin the sea will leave a small part visible above the surface with much larger accommodation and laboratories below the sea's surface.
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The characteristic position of the bat is averticalalignmentat point of contact.
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The westbound route, particularly, suffers from poor horizontal andverticalalignmentdue to its original function as an old single carriageway.
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Prism lenses set to make minor optical changes in theverticalalignmentmay be prescribed instead of or after surgery to fine-tune the correction.
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Also, when written inverticalalignment, the two strokes resemble the character, meaning two.
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Most are supported on a track and ceiling guided at the top by guide rails or channels to ensure accurateverticalalignment, although some are suspended from the ceiling.
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Conventionally, a score consists of musical notation with each instrumental or vocal part inverticalalignment(meaning that concurrent events in the notation for each part are orthographically arranged).
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The standards were altered yet again in 2007, this time to reflect the flat face, and it now states that the forehead, nose, and chin should be inverticalalignment.
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Verticalalignmentis what requires special training.
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That consultation is vital and valuable, and it will give some scope for enhancing the horizontal or vertical alignments of the route.
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