vertical orientation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofverticalandorientation
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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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orientation
noun[U]
uk/ˌɔː.ri.enˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɔːr.i.enˈteɪ.ʃən/
the particular things that a person prefers, believes, thinks, or ...
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(Definition ofverticalandorientationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvertical orientation
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It is appropriate here because of the predominantlyverticalorientationof the crystals in the mushy layer.
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Its angular position variance is strongly dependent on its vertical or nonverticalorientation.
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Verticalorientationof the lens could not be maintained above 10.8 m, because the tubes would begin to sway and bend.
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Probably because not enough time had elapsed between their leaning and the time of the survey, some leaning trees had neither resprouted nor turned upward to regainverticalorientation.
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Rather, developmental changes in perspective-shifts manifest themselves as an increased preference for using a caused posture expression in theverticalorientationin six-year-olds versus four-year-olds and adults.
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Symbols are written from left to right in averticalorientationfrom top to bottom and all letters in a word are connected by a continuous pen stroke.
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With this convention, a horizontal elongation of the polar plot indicates a preference forverticalorientation, and a vertical elongation indicates a preference for horizontal orientation.
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Hence, we predicted that species that resprout but seldom undergo turning up of leaning stems should be less abundant than species that can regainverticalorientation.
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This result suggests that, in this age group, theverticalorientationof the located object appears to influence the shift to a fine-grained perspective even for inanimate objects.
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For a few trees that had very large angles of inclination, turning up did not recover the crown position but nevertheless restored theverticalorientationof the growing tip.
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Conjoint adjustments of the variables of the second subset maintain the torque andverticalorientation of the handle constant (they also prevent the object from moving in the vertical direction).
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They are available in horizontal and vertical orientations, however theverticalorientationis far more common.
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The end result is that the tether is under constant tension and wants to hang in averticalorientation.
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Nearly the same size, they also both had a strongverticalorientation.
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These included setback and stepped patterning, contrasting light and dark colored building materials and an overallverticalorientation.
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This could be problematical if devices such as polarising filters were in use that require to maintain an accurateverticalorientationirrespective of focus distance.
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