horizontality
Americannoun
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the condition or fact of being horizontal.
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Business. the defining feature of a corporate structure with minimal hierarchy, in which responsibility for planning and decision-making is spread across all areas or departments of the business.
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Commerce. the fact of encompassing a wide range of industries or many aspects of an industry.
Example Sentences
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With its deeply overhanging roofs, its insistent horizontality, and ground-hugging form, it is an exemplar of the Prairie Style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
While sharing similar tenets like low-slung horizontality, natural materials and warm informality, some incorporate elements of Colonial or Spanish architecture, others take on a bit of Swiss Chalet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
A local cliche might sum it up: The horizontality of the monument is like a film.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
By stubbornly refusing to give up their horizontality, he said, they “have this energy of moving forward.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
He took yet another pull at the mug, till it assumed an ominous horizontality.
From Stories by English Authors: England by Hardy, Thomas
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