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Webster 1913 Edition
Horizontal
Horˊi-zon′tal
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
horizontal
.] 1.
Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
“Horizontal misty air.” Milton.
2.
Parallel to the horizon; on a level;
as, a
. horizontal
line or surface3.
Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon;
as,
. horizontal
distanceHorizontal drill
, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.
– Horizontal engine
, one the piston of which works horizontally.
– Horizontal fire
(Mil.)
, the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.
– Horizontal force
(Physics)
, the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic force.
– Horizontal line
(Descriptive Geometry & Drawing)
, a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found.
– Horizontal parallax
. See under
– Parallax
. Horizontal plane
(Descriptive Geometry)
, a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See
– Projection
. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. Horizontal projection
, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.
– Horizontal range
(Gunnery)
, the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
– Horizontal water wheel
, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.
Webster 1828 Edition
Horizontal
HORIZON'TAL
,Adj.
1.
Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as a horizontal line or surface.2.
Near the horizon; as horizontal misty air.Definition 2024
horizontal
horizontal
English
Adjective
horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
- 1667: As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 594-5
- (wine tasting) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
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Translations
parallel to the plane of the horizon
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Noun
horizontal (plural horizontals)
- A horizontal component of a structure.
- (geology) horizon
- A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum.
Translations
A horizontal component
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃.tal/
- Homophones: horizontale, horizontes
Adjective
horizontal m (feminine singular horizontale, masculine plural horizontaux, feminine plural horizontales)
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German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
horizontal (not comparable)
Synonyms
- waagrecht, waagerecht
Antonyms
Declension
Declension of horizontal
Portuguese
Adjective
horizontal m, f (plural horizontais, not comparable)