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horizontal

adj
/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/UK/ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/US/hə.rɪˈzɔːn.ʈəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

  1. derived from horizōn
  2. borrowed from horizontal

Definitions

  1. Perpendicular to the vertical

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

    • 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 […]

  2. Relating to horizontal markets

  3. Pertaining to the horizon.

    • As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

    2. Having the two notes sound successively.

    3. Relating to sexual intercourse.

      • 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.

    4. Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members…

      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.

      • Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.

    5. A horizontal component of a structure.

    6. Horizon.

    7. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow…

      A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at horizontal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01horizontal02plane03vertical04right05clockwise06clock07day08horizon

A definitional loop anchored at horizontal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at horizontal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA