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

OTHER 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, 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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How to use horizontal in a sentence

The structure of these horizontal streaks cannot be formed by the electron showers responsible for auroras, researchers report in the December AGU Advances.
STEVE may be even less like typical auroras than scientists thought|Maria Temming|November 12, 2020|Science News
We don’t really have a role within the marketing organization whose job it is to build a horizontal buyer’s journey.
Building connections between siloed channels, technologies and teams|Sponsored Content: Integrate|November 11, 2020|Search Engine Land
As for the games side, it’s similar to the PS4 in that it’s a horizontal line that you click through, and when a game is highlighted it “takes over” the screen with a background, the latest news, achievements and so on.
Review: Sony’s PlayStation 5 is here, but next-generation gaming is still on its way|Devin Coldewey|November 6, 2020|TechCrunch
A rotating sprinkler also fires a horizontal spray, usually out of two or three nozzles that spin in a circle.
Sprinklers to keep lawns fresh|PopSci Commerce Team|October 30, 2020|Popular-Science

It’s horizontal in nature, it favors interconnectedness, and within it, one gains their humanity, their being, through others gaining their humanity, their being—you are, therefore I am.
Fiction: Quiet earth philosophy|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Auto factories tend to sprawl horizontally over huge lots, and have flat roofs.
Charging Up|The Daily Beast|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.
A Teacher Returns to the Classroom and Gets Schooled|Nick Romeo|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Johns took the original source and mirrored it horizontally, creating a large missing void in the center of the work.
Jasper Johns: The Secrets of a Master at Work|Justin Jones|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It even threatens such veteran horizontally integrated favorites as Scrabble, solitaire, and the crossword puzzle.
Sorry, Folks, Playing Dots Won’t Make You Smarter|Kent Sepkowitz|June 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Thigh-high leather boots… Gucci ostrich skin leather jackets… Horizontally striped posing briefs… More leather jackets...
An Open Letter to Buzz Bissinger|Sean Macaulay|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Mats de Beaupré are upon the same principle; they are soaped poles, laid horizontally, but very high from the ground.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
On the outside of these were nailed horizontally boards, 10 or 12 inches wide, overlapping each other.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston
This powder-flask was directed horizontally to a large stone, which Gilliatt made the hearth of the forge.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
The stretch of the elastic is sufficient to enlarge the parts equally, as well vertically as horizontally.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
It had curved on reaching the zenith, whence it spread horizontally over the rest of the heavens.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for horizontal

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 forms of horizontal

horizontality or horizontalness, nounhorizontally, adverb

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