visible horizon
noun
Origin of visible horizon
1First recorded in 1695–1705
Words Nearby visible horizon
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How to use visible horizon in a sentence
These representations of the earth's surface of ours had a round contour, resembling the circular outline of the visible horizon.
Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel | Friedrich FroebelIt is up above the earth and extends beyond and below the visible horizon and the limit of the earth.
The Bontoc Igorot | Albert Ernest JenksNot one of them could say with certainty what lay beyond the visible horizon, nor whither the ship was drifting.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Vicente Blasco IbanezThere are few difficulties that hold out against real attacks; they fly, like the visible horizon, before those who advance.
Many Thoughts of Many Minds | VariousAt the spot where he and Esther had conferred, he reached the boundary of the visible horizon from the rock.
The Prairie | J. Fenimore Cooper
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