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UK
/həɹˈaɪzən/
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[ US /hɝˈaɪzən/ ]
[ US /hɝˈaɪzən/ ]
NOUN
- a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
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the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
How To Use horizon In A Sentence
- A horizontal merger may enable the new entity to set price and output in the same manner as a single-firm monopolist, with the same consequences for consumer welfare.
- A QianSheng, a horizontal resolution, Two steps, the two deputy colter.
- In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
- Documents with extra-wide margins are now displayed in a browser with a horizontal scroll bar.
- The opposite change occurs in what are termed fastigiate varieties, where the branches, in place of assuming more or less of a horizontal direction, become erect and nearly parallel with the main stem as in the Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- A view of the steam-chest side of the cylinder is given in Figure 323, and a horizontal cross section of the cylinder, the steam-chest and the valves, is shown in Figure 324. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught
- The B horizon, commonly referred to as subsoil, accumulates material washed out of the A horizon, such as clay, salts, and iron. 5. How plants live and grow
- She recommends that retailers merchandise the fixture in four vertical segments according to absorbency and stack the brands horizontally.
- Cattails also “travel” by sending out a horizontal stem called a rhizome not far from the parent plant. The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
- He first constructed a horizontal wheel that he named a Danaide, and later devised another, the Vortex Water Wheel, which he patented in July 1850 and which came to be used extensively.
