skyline

IPA: skˈaɪɫaɪn

noun

  • The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
  • The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
  • A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
  • (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
  • (Cincinnati) food, often Cincinnati chili, purchased from a Skyline Chili restaurant.
  • (databases) Short for skyline operator. [(databases) A proposed operator, for use in database queries, that filters out results that are worse than others according to multiple criteria.]

verb

  • To outline something against the sky.
  • (databases, transitive) To filter by means of the skyline operator.
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Examples of "skyline" in Sentences

  • A picture of the Pudong skyline.
  • They were to contaminate the skylines.
  • Van MAJORCHANGE the skyline in the skyline.
  • The Aquarius Plateau is visible on the skyline.
  • The photo is otherwise representative of the skyline.
  • It is the most prominent figure in the skyline of the city.
  • Its silhouette has become the skyline of the capital of Wales.
  • The dome of the church is a principal landmark of the skyline of Paris.
  • Until today the church and the nunnery dominate the skyline of Koningsbosch.
  • It is next to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on the city skyline.

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