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Horizontality

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Noun

1. horizontality

the quality of being parallel to the horizon

Example Sentences:
'houses with a pronounced horizontality'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Horizontality

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adjective
1. 
parallel to the plane of the horizon; level; flat
Compare vertical (sense 1)
2. 
of or relating to the horizon
3. 
measured or contained in a plane parallel to that of the horizon
4. 
applied uniformly or equally to all members of a group
5. economics
relating to identical stages of commercial activity
horizontal integration
noun
6. 
a horizontal plane, position, line, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Horizontality

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adjective
1. 
of or near the horizon
2. 
a. 
parallel to the plane of the horizon; not vertical
b. 
placed, operating, or acting chiefly in a horizontal direction
3. 
flat and even; level
4. 
at, or made up of elements at, the same levels of industrial production and distribution, or of status
noun
5. 
a horizontal line, plane, etc.
6. 
position parallel to the horizon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Horizontality

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or near the horizon.
2.
a. Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon.
b. At right angles to a vertical line.
3. Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy: a horizontal study of verbal ability; a horizontal transfer by an employee.
4. Medicine Of or relating to transmission of infection by contact with or physical proximity to an infected individual or fomite.
n.
Something, such as a line, plane, or object, that is horizontal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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