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.
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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
A local cliche might sum it up: The horizontality of the monument is like a film.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
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 ● Nov. 2, 2021
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 ● Jan. 28, 2021
The fresh-water strata may sometimes be seen to retain their horizontality within a very slight distance of the border-rocks, while in some places they are inclined, and in few instances vertical.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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