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From a practical standpoint, yes. AIM 7-1-31 says, "For aviation purposes, the ceiling is the lowest broken or overcast layer [of clouds], or vertical visibility into an obscuration." It goes on to explain that vertical visibility is an indefinite ceiling height where total obscuration is indicated.

That said, 14 CFR 1.1, under "ceiling", makes no mention of vertical visibility.

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