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horizontal
/ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
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What does horizontal mean?
adjective
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- Relating to horizontal markets
- Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Having the two notes sound successively.
- Relating to sexual intercourse.
- Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
noun
- A horizontal component of a structure.
- Horizon.
- A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
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In making even horizontal and clear inspections, we colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.
I was about to examine the hull, which formed on deck a kind of horizontal platform, when I felt it gradually sinking.
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He was also the first to adopt the practice of placing the piston in a horizontal position in the common condensing engine.
As a rule aeroplanes are designed to have at low altitude a slight margin of lift when the propeller thrust is horizontal.
While at Kitty Hawk we spent much time in measuring the horizontal pressure on our unloaded machine at various angles of incidence.