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hor·i·zon·tal    Audio Help   [hawr-uh-zon-tl, hor-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
2.flat or level: a horizontal position.
3.being in a prone or supine position; recumbent: His bad back has kept him horizontal for a week.
4.near, on, or parallel to the horizon.
5.of or pertaining to the horizon.
6.measured or contained in a plane parallel to the horizon: a horizontal distance.
7.(of material on a printed page, pieces on a game board, etc.) extending across, from the left to the right of the viewer.
8.of or pertaining to a position or individual of similar status: He received a horizontal promotion to a different department, retaining his old salary and title.
9.Economics. of or pertaining to companies, affiliates, divisions, etc., that perform the same or similar functions or produce the same or similar products: Through horizontal mergers the company monopolized its field.
–noun
10.anything horizontal, as a plane, direction, or object.

[Origin: 1545–55; < L horizont- (s. of horizōn) horizon + -al1]

hor·i·zon·tal·i·ty    Audio Help   [hawr-i-zon-tal-i-tee, hor-] Pronunciation Key, hor·i·zon·tal·ness, noun
hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb
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hor·i·zon·tal    Audio Help   (hôr'ĭ-zŏn'tl, hŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or near the horizon.
    1. Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon.
    2. At right angles to a vertical line.
  2. Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy: a horizontal study of verbal ability; a horizontal transfer by an employee.

n.   Something, such as a line, plane, or object, that is horizontal.


[French, from Latin horizōn, horizont-, horizon; see horizon.]

hor'i·zon·tal'i·ty (-zən-tāl'ĭ-tē), hor'i·zon'tal·ness n., hor'i·zon'tal·ly adv.
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horizontal

adjective
1. parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface" [ant: perpendicular, inclined

noun
1. something that is oriented horizontally 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
horizontal [horiˈzontl] adjective
at right angles to vertical; parallel to the horizon; lying level or flat
Example: a horizontal line; a horizontal surface
Arabic: أفُقي
Chinese (Simplified): 地平的,水平的
Chinese (Traditional): 地平的,水平的
Czech: vodorovný
Danish: horisontal; vandret
Dutch: horizontaal
Estonian: horisontaalne
Finnish: vaakasuora
French: horizontal
German: horizontal
Greek: οριζόντιος
Hungarian: vízszintes
Icelandic: láréttur
Indonesian: mendatar
Italian: orizzontale
Japanese: 水平の
Korean: 수평의
Latvian: horizontāls
Lithuanian: horizontalus
Norwegian: vannrett, horisontal
Polish: poziomy
Portuguese (Brazil): horizontal
Portuguese (Portugal): horizontal
Romanian: ori­zontal
Russian: горизонтальный
Slovak: vodorovný
Slovenian: vodoraven
Spanish: horizontal
Swedish: horisontell
Turkish: yatay
See also: horizon

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Horizontal

Hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Cf. F. horizontal.]

1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." --Milton.

2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.

Horizontal drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.

Horizontal engine, one the piston of which works horizontally.

Horizontal fire (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.

Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force.

Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found.

Horizontal parallax. See under Parallax.

Horizontal plane (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.

Horizontal projection, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.

Horizontal range (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.

Horizontal water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.
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