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Up Down
Up and Down, or variants, may refer to: *Up and down, relative vertical direction *Rail directions#Up and down, Up and down, railway directions Film and TV * Up and Down (1965 film), ''Up and Down'' (1965 film), an Italian film * Up and Down (2004 film), ''Up and Down'' (2004 film), a Czech film * ''Up and Down'', a spin-off of short film ''Luxo Jr.'', featured in ''Sesame Street'' * ''Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu'', a 2013 Malayalam psychological thriller film Games * ''Up'n Down'', a 1983 arcade game * Up and down, a Glossary of basketball terms#U, traveling violation in basketball Music Albums * Up & Down (Horace Parlan album), ''Up & Down'' (Horace Parlan album), 1961 * Up and Down (Opus album), ''Up and Down'' (Opus album), 1984, or the title track * Up and Down (Liane Carroll album), ''Up and Down'' (Liane Carroll album), 2011 * ''Up & Down – The Party Album'', by Vengaboys, 1998 * ''Up and Down'', an EP by She Wants Revenge, 2009 Songs * Up and Down (Vengaboys song), "U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertical Direction
In astronomy, geography, and related sciences and contexts, a '' direction'' or ''plane'' passing by a given point is said to be vertical if it contains the local gravity direction at that point. Conversely, a direction or plane is said to be horizontal if it is perpendicular to the vertical direction. In general, something that is vertical can be drawn from up to down (or down to up), such as the y-axis in the Cartesian coordinate system. Historical definition The word ''horizontal'' is derived from the Latin , which derives from the Greek , meaning 'separating' or 'marking a boundary'. The word ''vertical'' is derived from the late Latin ', which is from the same root as ''vertex'', meaning 'highest point' or more literally the 'turning point' such as in a whirlpool. Girard Desargues defined the vertical to be perpendicular to the horizon in his 1636 book ''Perspective''. Geophysical definition The plumb line and spirit level In physics, engineering and construction, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
