Vertigo

Vertigo

Vertigo may refer to:
* Vertigo (medical), a form of dizziness
* "Vertigo" (film), a film by Alfred Hitchcock
**Vertigo effect, a special effect in film, named after the movie
**"Vertigo" (film score), its soundtrack
* "Vertigo" (genus), a genus of snails
* Acrophobia, the fear of heights, often incorrectly called vertigo

Music

* Vertigo Records

In songs:
* "Vertigo" (song), a song by U2
** Vertigo Tour, U2's international tour from 2005–2006
** "", a DVD of a U2 concert
* "Vertigo" (Eurovision song), the Maltese entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
* "Vertigo", a song by The Libertines from "Up the Bracket"
* "Vertigo", a song by Sarah Slean from "Day One"
* "Vertigo", a song by American Hi-Fi from the "American Pie 2" soundtrack
* "Vertigo", a song by Marianas Trench

In albums:
* "Vertigo" (John 5 album)
* "Vertigo" (Jesse Cook album)
* "Vértigo" (Fey album)
* "Vertigo" (Boxcar album)
* "Vertigo" (Groove Armada album)
* "Vertigo" (Jump, Little Children album)
* "Vértigo" (La Ley album)
* "Vertigo", a Billie Myers album

Comics

* Vertigo (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics villains with similar powers
* Vertigo (DC Comics), a DC imprint
* Count Vertigo, a DC Comics supervillain

Other media

* "Vertigo" (UTS), a student newspaper at the University of Technology, Sydney
* Vertigo Films, a British film production and film distribution company
* "Vertigo" ("The Best Years" episode)
* Vertigo (Gladiators) an event in the television series "Gladiators"
* "Vertigo", an episode of "Code Lyoko"
* "Vertigo", a novel by W. G. Sebald
* "Vértigo", a play by Gastón Suárez
* "Vértigo", a Mexican magazine
* Vertigo, a character in "Primal Rage"
* Vertigo, a stealth bomber in "Command and Conquer 3"
* Vertigo, a town in ""

Other uses

* Vertigo, a sports coupe by Gillet
* Vertigo, a defunct nightclub on the University of Victoria campus
* Vertigo, a champagne bar in Tower 42 in London
* Vertigo, a stunt performed by David Blaine
* Vertigo (roller coaster), a ride in Oakwood Leisure Park, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

ee also

*lookfrom|Vertigo


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?
Synonyms:
, ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • vertigo — [ vɛrtigo ] n. m. • 1664; « vertige » 1478; repris au lat. 1 ♦ Maladie du cheval, méningo encéphalite qui provoque des mouvements désordonnés, des tournoiements. 2 ♦ Fig. et vx Caprice, fantaisie. « Voyez un peu quel “vertigo” lui prend »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vértigo — m. neurol. Falsa sensación de movimiento; puede presentarse de dos formas distintas: un desplazamiento de los objetos en relación con el sujeto (vértigo objetivo), o del sujeto en relación con los objetos (vértigo subjetivo). Generalmente es… …   Diccionario médico

  • vértigo — vértigo, de vértigo expr. impresionante. ❙ «Bárbara. Cuerpo de vértigo. Me excito sólo con la forma de mirarme los hombres.» Anuncio clasificado, ABC, 12.7.98. ❙ «...se propagó por todo el país a una velocidad de vértigo...» Rafael García Serrano …   Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"

  • Vertigo — (англ., нем.)  головокружение, с французского  колер, дурь, прихоть, причуды. Vertigo  знаменитый фильм Альфреда Хичкока. Vertigo Records. Vertigo (песня)  сингл U2. Vertigo (комиксы) Vertigo альбом группы Каренина. См.также… …   Википедия

  • vértigo — (Del lat. vertīgo, ĭnis, movimiento circular). 1. m. Med. Trastorno del sentido del equilibrio caracterizado por una sensación de movimiento rotatorio del cuerpo o de los objetos que lo rodean. 2. Med. Turbación del juicio, repentina y pasajera.… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Vertigo — Ver ti*go (?; 277), n.; pl. E. {Vertigoes}, L. {Vertigines}. [L., fr. vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] 1. (Med.) Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vertīgo [2] — Vertīgo, eine Untergattung der Schneckengattung Moos od. Windelschnecke (Pupa), der Gattung Clausilia verwandt, aber meist rechts gewunden u. ohne jenes Schlußknöchelchen; Mundsaum unterbrochen u. die halbeirunde Mündung oft mit Falten u. Zähnen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • vertigo — (n.) 1520s, from L. vertigo dizziness, originally a whirling or spinning movement, from vertere to turn (see VERSUS (Cf. versus)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • vertigo — vertȋgo m DEFINICIJA term. osjećaj vrtoglavice; vrtoglavica ETIMOLOGIJA lat. vertigo ← vertere: okrenuti …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Vertīgo [1] — Vertīgo (lat.), so v. w. Schwindel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”