horizontal

IPA: hɔrʌzˈɑntʌɫ

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

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.

Examples of "horizontal" in Sentences

The lacerations occurred oftenest in horizontal lines, though there were perpendicular lines as well.
He works in an analogous universe, building what he calls the "horizontal of power," a jab at Putin's "vertical of power."
The machine had no vertical rudder, but they fitted it, in front, with what they called a horizontal rudder, that is, an elevator.
The strips are easy to read, following a standard grid in horizontal format with an over-arching banner inspired by classic Sunday comics.
Yglesian hipsters would separate us from creation by penning us into Babel-like towers of concrete and steel that we must get to and from in horizontal pens of modern train technology.
I think seeing how much breadth someone's had, and their appetite for not just vertical career ladders, but their appetite for what I call the horizontal experiences, where it wasn't always just about a title or the next layer up.
If review confirms a loss of separation - FAA regulations require that planes be separated by at least three miles in horizontal distance or 1,000 feet in altitude - it is logged in the official count for the facility as an operational error or a pilot error.