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horizontal [hawr-uh-zon-tl, hor-] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground. flat or level: a horizontal position. being in a prone or supine position; recumbent: His bad back has kept him horizontal for a week. near, on, or parallel to the horizon. of or relating to the horizon. measured or contained in a plane parallel to the horizon: a horizontal distance. (of material on a printed page, pieces on a game board, etc.) extending across, from the left to the right of the viewer. of or relating to a position or individual of similar status: He received a horizontal promotion to a different department, retaining his old salary and title. Economics. of or relating 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. SEE MORESEE LESS noun anything horizontal, as a plane, direction, or object. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of horizontal 1545–55; Latin horizont- (stem of horizōn) horizon + -al1 Related formshor·i·zon·tal·i·ty [hawr-i-zon-tal-i-tee, hor-] /ˌhɔr ɪ zɒnˈtæl ɪ ti, ˌhɒr-/, hor·i·zon·tal·ness, nounhor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverbsub·hor·i·zon·tal, adjectivesub·hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverbsub·hor·i·zon·tal·ness, nounun·hor·i·zon·tal, adjectiveun·hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for horizontality Historical Examples of horizontality
But these horizontal deposits do not all retain their horizontality.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Some of these strata of the secondary, epoch have only had their horizontality disturbed, while others are quite vertical.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The departure from horizontality, technically known as the dip, varies from point to point (Fig. 4).
The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin
Rollin D. Salisbury
Hence in normal cases its horizontality is an index of the orientation of the head.
Maria Montessori
His hand supported his chin so that his long straggling beard protruded in a curious Egyptian horizontality.
William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for horizontality horizontal adjective parallel to the plane of the horizon; level; flatCompare vertical (def. 1) of or relating to the horizon measured or contained in a plane parallel to that of the horizon applied uniformly or equally to all members of a group economics relating to identical stages of commercial activityhorizontal integration noun a horizontal plane, position, line, etc Derived Formshorizontality or horizontalness, nounhorizontally, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for horizontality horizontal adj.
1550s, “relating to or near the horizon,” from French horizontal, from Latin horizontem (see horizon). Meaning “flat” (i.e., “parallel to the horizon”) is from 1630s. Related: horizontally.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
