ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Horizontally

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Horizontally is an adverb meaning In a horizontal direction or position.

Meaning

In a horizontal direction or position.

More Meanings

  1. In a horizontal manner (any sense).

Example Sentences

an organism transmitted horizontally
Japanese can be written horizontally as well as vertically.
Moreover, recent research showed that the amount of genetic material that can be moved horizontally may include small gene fragments, entire operons, superoperons that encode complex biochemical pathways, and whole chromosomes [ 54 ].

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cross-sectional, across, landscape, middle, evenly, laterally.

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