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.