horizontality

American  

[hawr-i-zahn-tal-i-tee] / ˌhɔr ɪ zɑnˈtæl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the condition or fact of being horizontal.

2. 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.

3. Commerce. the fact of encompassing a wide range of industries or many aspects of an industry.

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Example Sentences

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

The horizontality itself was a social statement: Without a second story, there was no upstairs/downstairs divide of servant and served.

From New York Times

A local cliche might sum it up: The horizontality of the monument is like a film.

From Washington Post

The field for the stars and stripes is rendered in short, firm strokes of rich color, painted marks whose definite horizontality plays against the upright verticality of the image.

From Los Angeles Times

Locked down and pandemic-crazy, most of us have lately had more than our share of horizontality, staying home and shuffling around from room to room.

From New York Times