Horizontal

·adj Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.

II. Horizontal ·adj Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.

III. Horizontal ·adj Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.

horizontal
n. a Tasmanian shrub, Anodopetalumbiglandulosum, Cunn., N.O. Saxifrageae. HorizontalScrub, peculiar...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
horizontal
A direction parallel to the horizon, or what is commonly termed lying flat. One of the greatest inco...

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Plano-horizontal
·adj Having a level horizontal surface or position. ...

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horizontal fire
From artillery, is that in which the piece is laid either direct on the object, or with but small el...

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horizontal parallax
See parallax. ...

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horizontal plan
In ship-building, the draught of a proposed ship, showing the whole as if seen from above. ...

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horizontal ribband lines
A term given by shipwrights to those lines, or occult ribbands, by which the cant-timbers are laid o...

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