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Horizontal

//ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

    "horizontal lines"

  2. 2
    Relating to horizontal markets
  3. 3
    Pertaining to the horizon. archaic

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

  4. 4
    Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
  5. 5
    Having the two notes sound successively.
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  1. 6
    Relating to sexual intercourse. euphemistic

    "horizontal tango"

  2. 7
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A horizontal component of a structure.
  2. 2
    something that is oriented horizontally wordnet
  3. 3
    Horizon.
  4. 4
    A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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