Both Uses
vertical
in
The Bourne Identity
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- In memory of your dinner at Roget's, monsieur," said an animated hostess, holding a press camera by its vertical flashbar.†
Chpt 17vertical = straight up and down
- It was moving in short vertical strokes, as if in emphasis ...as if the man holding it were speaking emphatically to another.†
Chpt 32 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(vertical) 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.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)