All 4 Uses of
vertical
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Cite to me the virtues of the vertical boustrophedon, the treasures of the number ziruph and those of the number zephirod!†
Chpt 1.5.1 *vertical = straight up and down
- —Add to this a plaited tucker, knots of ribbon on her shoes—and that the stripes of her petticoat ran horizontally instead of vertically, and a thousand other enormities which shocked good taste.†
Chpt 1.6.3vertically = with an orientation that is straight up and down (90 degrees relative to the floor)
- A vertical section of this kennel, as Phoebus had so justly styled it, would have made a triangle.†
Chpt 2.7.8vertical = straight up and down
- He found himself in the gallery with the formidable bellringer, alone, separated from his companions by a vertical wall eighty feet high.†
Chpt 2.10.4
Definition:
oriented straight up and down
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)