[
US
/ˌhɔɹəˈzɑntəɫ/
]
[ UK /hˌɒɹɪzˈɒntəl/ ]
[ UK /hˌɒɹɪzˈɒntəl/ ]
NOUN
- something that is oriented horizontally
ADJECTIVE
-
parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
a horizontal surface
How To Use horizontal 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
- 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.
- Invade some butternut or hickory grove on a frosty October morning, and hear the red squirrel beat the "juba" on a horizontal branch. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers