Talk:erect

erect
Second sense...how can something be "directed upward" but not be "vertical in position"? --Connel MacKenzie 06:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Very easily, most people would agree that anything that points between about 35° and 90° from horizontal points upwards, only 90° is vertical. The definition isn't brilliant, but it is needed. Thryduulf 07:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but not as a separate sense, IMHO. --Connel MacKenzie 08:11, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well it isn't covered by any of the other definitions that are there at the moment, but it might be possible to merge it with the first def. Thryduulf 10:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I think would merge the first and second definiitons as "upright, in a vertical orientation". The word position describes location relative to other objects, while orientation describes attitude, tilt, or relative direction. --EncycloPetey 20:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, and have done so. Widsith 09:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)