"verticality" meaning in All languages combined

See verticality on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: verticalities [plural]
Etymology: From French verticalité. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|verticalité}} French verticalité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} verticality (countable and uncountable, plural verticalities)
  1. Verticalness. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: horizontalness, horizontality (english: the property of being horizontal), anteroposteriorness, anteroposteriority (english: the property of being anteroposterior)
    Sense id: en-verticality-en-noun-UtlIBVa5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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