verticality
verticality — noun
1. the quality of standing or rising straight upward, at a right angle to the groun
the quality of standing or rising straight upward, at a right angle to the ground or horizon
The chapel's narrow windows added verticality to the dark stone wall.
add verticality to + architectural feature
Daichi admired the verticality of the pine trees beside the lake.
the verticality of + natural object
Museum designers used tall lights to give the entrance more verticality.
After the earthquake, engineers checked the tower's verticality from the street.
- uprightness
slightly broader; it can also describe posture rather than shape alone
- perpendicularity
more technical; stresses an exact ninety-degree relationship
- horizontality
a rare formal opposite for a side-to-side orientation
文法句型
the verticality of + wall/building/line/form
add verticality to + design/space
用法筆記
Mostly used in formal writing about architecture, design, and measurement. In everyday speech, people more often say that something is upright, straight, or vertical.