false horizon


noun
  1. a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.

Origin of false horizon

1
First recorded in 1805–15

Words Nearby false horizon

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How to use false horizon in a sentence

  • A stratum of 243 false horizon separated the two sets of images.

  • They ranged southward to the point where vision failed against the false horizon of dull amber haze.

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