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n.
The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
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A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
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A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
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The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.
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A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 - x + y.
adv.
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
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Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.
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Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
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The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes.
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A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
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The state or quality of being horizontal.
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Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.
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The act of rising; appearance above the horizon; rising.
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Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.
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Having a level horizontal surface or position.
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One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.
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A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.
n.
The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18ยก below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
v. i.
To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.
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A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.
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