horizontal

[ hawr-uh-zon-tl, hor- ]

/ ˌhɔr əˈzɒn tl, ˌhɒr- /

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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.

noun

anything horizontal, as a plane, direction, or object.

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Origin of horizontal

1545–55; < Latin horizont- (stem of horizōn) horizon + -al¹

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hor·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, adverb

sub·hor·i·zon·tal·ness, nounun·hor·i·zon·tal, adjectiveun·hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for horizontally

Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.
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Johns took the original source and mirrored it horizontally, creating a large missing void in the center of the work.
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She was walking down the stairs of East High School in a pair of horizontally striped bell bottoms.
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Horizontally, the head and body traverse an arc of about 100°; vertically, they traverse an arc slightly less than 180°.
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But for all three to be horizontally in the same straight line is quite another matter.
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Take two slats and place one under one oblong and over the other, horizontally.
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The Salmon-leap—lying flat on his face and then springing up, horizontally, high in the air.
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The stitch is taken vertically instead of horizontally, as in cat-stitch.
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British Dictionary definitions for horizontally

horizontal

/ (ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəl) /

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

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Word Origin and History for horizontally

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.

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horizontal

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