horizontal
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.
anything horizontal, as a plane, direction, or object.
Origin of horizontal
1Other words from horizontal
- hor·i·zon·tal·i·ty [hawr-i-zon-tal-i-tee, hor-], /ˌhɔr ɪ zɒnˈtæl ɪ ti, ˌhɒr-/, hor·i·zon·tal·ness, noun
- hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb
- sub·hor·i·zon·tal, adjective
- sub·hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb
- sub·hor·i·zon·tal·ness, noun
- un·hor·i·zon·tal, adjective
- un·hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby horizontal
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How to use horizontal in a sentence
This capability was restored, she discovered, when the yeasts acquired bacterial versions of those genes via horizontal gene transfer.
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity | Viviane Callier | September 1, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe miter saw is fully adjustable with easy to read markers and a 14-Inch expanded horizontal cutting capacity.
Make every project a breeze with the right miter saw | PopSci Commerce Team | August 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAs a matter of physics, rotation is required to produce horizontal or physical movement on pitches.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightInterstellar horizontal gene transfer need not involve physical movement, but could enhance the fitness of any participating species.
How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex | Caleb Scharf | August 12, 2020 | NautilusIt also appears that horizontal gene exchange isn’t limited to prokaryotes.
How Life Could Continue to Evolve - Issue 88: Love & Sex | Caleb Scharf | August 12, 2020 | Nautilus
Like countless other boys in Massapequa, he had a crew cut and wore Keds sneakers and T-shirts with horizontal stripes.
Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius | Mark Whitaker | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDaily activity is rendered in parallel horizontal timelines, making it very easy to compare one day's activity to the next.
The Best Quantified Self Site You Haven’t Heard Of | Jamie Todd Rubin | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTName some aspect of the horizontal polka and it has probably been discussed endlessly among human beings with two X chromosomes.
C’mon, Ladies, Masturbation Isn’t Just for Bad Girls | Emily Shire | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou see, the spine is a row of vertebrae that was designed to be horizontal.
Why Is Louis C.K. So Funny? He Uses Humor as a Moral Compass. | Andrew Romano | May 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike the wings, the tail surfaces—horizontal and vertical—easily break away from the fuselage and float.
Mysterious Debris Near Australia Looks like MH370’s Wing | Clive Irving | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the diagram the horizontal arrows represent such mere banking operations, not true circulation.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsIt had worked at Tavistock; it was a horizontal high-pressure pole puffer.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickCarlson was a little above medium height, dark complexioned, his brow a washboard of horizontal wrinkles.
The cliffs of Red Point partake of a reddish tinge and appear to be disposed nearly in horizontal strata.
The tubes are horizontal over the fire, the water circulating through them.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for horizontal
/ (ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəl) /
parallel to the plane of the horizon; level; flat: Compare 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 activity: horizontal integration
a horizontal plane, position, line, etc
Derived forms of horizontal
- horizontality or horizontalness, noun
- horizontally, adverb
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