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  2. Vertical and horizontal - Wikipedia

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    The word horizontal is derived from the Latin horizon, which derives from the Greek ὁρῐ́ζων, meaning 'separating' or 'marking a boundary'. [2] The word vertical is derived from the late Latin verticalis, which is from the same root as vertex, meaning 'highest point' or more literally the 'turning point' such as in a whirlpool.

  3. Track geometry - Wikipedia

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    The design horizontal alignment on the curved track in North America is 1 inch for each degree of curvature. Any other readings indicate deviations. The vertical alignment (or profile in North America, but not to be confused with rail profile) is the surface uniformity in the vertical plane. The measurement of uniformity is done using a ...

  4. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of the change to horizontal alignment in Meiji era Japan, there was a short-lived form called migi yokogaki (右横書き, literally "right horizontal writing"), in contrast to hidari yokogaki, (左横書き 'left horizontal writing'), the current standard. This resembled the right-to-left horizontal writing style of languages ...

  5. Typographic alignment - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, flush-right alignment is used to set off special text in English, such as attributions to authors of quotes printed in books and magazines, or text associated with an image to its right. Flush right is often used when formatting tables of data. It is used to align text to the right margin; in this case, the left ends will be unequal.

  6. Help:Table/Advanced - Wikipedia

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    Add vertical-align:top; to align an item to the top. See CSS vertical-align property for other options. The tables and images will wrap depending on screen width.

  7. Page orientation - Wikipedia

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    The vertical orientation allows greater detail along the vertical axis while conserving detail on the sides. Although the early Vectrex home console had a built-in, vertically-oriented screen, the majority of home games consoles were designed to interface with standard television sets, which use landscape orientation. As a consequence, the ...

  8. Multiview orthographic projection - Wikipedia

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    Along a vertical axis (often the y-axis): The top and bottom views, which are known as plans (because they show the arrangement of features on a horizontal plane, such as a floor in a building). Along a horizontal axis (often the z -axis): The front and back views, which are known as elevations (because they show the heights of features of an ...

  9. Wikipedia:Extended image syntax - Wikipedia

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    Determine the horizontal placement of the image on the page. This defaults to right for thumbnails and framed images. Alignment baseline, middle, sub, super, text-top, text-bottom, top, or bottom. Vertically align the image with respect to adjacent text. This defaults to middle. Size upright or upright=scaling factor. Scale a thumbnail from its ...