horizontal
IPA: hɔrʌzˈɑntʌɫ
noun
- 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
adjective
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
- (wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
- (music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively.
- (sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.
- (biology) Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
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Examples of "horizontal" in Sentences
- It includes a horizontal fiducial marker.
- The axis of the bead is horizontal to the work.
- The horizontal direction of the display is bearing.
- The connectors are oriented horizontally on the mount.
- The spinous process is short, and nearly horizontal in direction.
- The horizontal canal is aligned roughly horizontally in the head.
- The 'spinous process' is short, and nearly horizontal in direction.
- The pivoting axis extends below the horizontal plane defined by the ledge.
- The journal also slightly shifts horizontally in the direction of rotation.
- The pivot support axis is in the horizontal plane inclusive of the ling pin.
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