verticality

/ˌvɜːtɪˈkalɪti/

verticality means verticalness; the state or condition of being vertical. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.

verticality is pronounced /ˌvɜːtɪˈkalɪti/.

Etymology

From vertical + -ity; compare French verticalité.

noun

Verticalness; the state or condition of being vertical.“For these complicated reasons, although, when the sun is vertical, and darts a perpendicular ray, it is supposed to strike with greatest force; yet, in those countries where it is vertical twice a year, in passing to and from the Tropic of Cancer, the greatest heat is not during the instant of its verticalities, but some weeks after, when it is returning from one Tropic to the other, and its rays ”