Synonyms:
horizontal
Meaning: parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
horizontal
Meaning: something that is oriented horizontally
Usage examples
Just as they twist and turn in the horizontal plane, so do they in the vertical.
Halfway up the scarp was a dark horizontal line of bushes, something like a hedge.
The strata which were once horizontal are now so no longer--they have been tilted and upheaved, bent and distorted, in many places.
These straight shafts, of fair proportions, supported an architrave of horizontal slabs, the overhanging portion of which formed a semi-arch over the sea.
The vertical bounding walls are edges of the perforated metal containing tube; the dark horizontal lines are layers of nickel flake, while the light-colored thicker layers represent the nickel hydrate.
The frame is slit at the inner horizontal edges, and then folded in such a way as to make individual clamping-jaws for each end-flange. The clamping-in is done at great pressure, and the resultant plate has great rigidity and strength.
The ends of these are to be ground to form turnscrews of brass instruments: when this excellent contrivance is used, it must be opened out like the letter T, the foot of which represents the turnscrew in use and the horizontal part represents the other two turnscrews, which serve as the handle.