Horizontal

/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/ · adjective

Meaning

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat..

Definitions by Sense

1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
2. (marketing) Relating to horizontal markets
3. (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
4. (wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
5. (music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively.
6. (sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.
7. (biology) Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
8. A horizontal component of a structure.

Example Sentences

horizontal lines

Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox.

[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]

As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air

horizontal tango

Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like.

Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.

Synonyms for horizontal

Antonyms for horizontal

Related Words

Word Forms

• more horizontal
• most horizontal
• horizontals

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