horizon
IPA: hɝˈaɪzʌn
noun
- The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
- (figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
- The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
- (geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum
- (archaeology, chiefly US) A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
- Any level line or surface.
- (chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
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Examples of "horizon" in Sentences
- Disruption galore is on the horizon.
- A glimmer of sunlight is on the horizon.
- The Cumberland Plateau dominates the horizon.
- Then they reached the horizon at the end of the sky.
- It isn't the only place to see an unobstructed horizon.
- It exists to expand the horizons of prospective students.
- When the horizon line is skewed it looks odd and disconcerting.
- It appears to stand majestically upright on the northwest horizon.
- The central vanishing point becomes the axis of the fake horizon line.
- An aphorism is an expression of an idea by defining the horizon of that idea.
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