monolith vs vertical

monolith

noun
  • A substrate having many tiny channels that is cast as a single piece, which is used as a stationary phase for chromatography, as a catalytic surface, etc. 

  • A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times. 

  • A dead tree whose height and size have been reduced by breaking off or cutting its branches. 

  • Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure. 

verb
  • To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints. 

  • To reduce the height and size of (a dead tree) by breaking off or cutting its branches. 

  • To create (something) as, or convert (one or more things) into, a monolith. 

vertical

noun
  • A vertical component of a structure. 

  • A vertical market. 

  • An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds. 

  • A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular. 

  • A vertex or zenith. 

adj
  • In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy. 

  • Of or pertaining to vertical markets. 

  • In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x. 

  • Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery. 

  • Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal. 

  • Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously. 

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