false horizon
noun
a line or plane that simulates the horizon, used in altitude-measuring devices or the like.
Origin of false horizon
1First 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.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack | Elisha Kent KaneThey ranged southward to the point where vision failed against the false horizon of dull amber haze.
The Destroying Angel | Louis Joseph Vance
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