horizontal1 adjectivehorizontal2 noun
horizontalhor‧i‧zon‧tal1 /ˌhɒrəˈzɒntl◂ $ ˌhɑːrəˈzɑːntl◂/ ●●○ adjective 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- horizontal layers of rock
- a horizontal line
- The teacher drew a long, horizontal line across the blackboard.
- The wine bottles should be kept in a horizontal position.
- Time is graphed along the horizontal axis.
- A whale, he says, is a spouting fish with a horizontal tail.
- Because of the peculiar natural history of these hosts, the relative importance of horizontal and vertical transmission differs among parasite species.
- Figures 23.2 and 23.3 show vertical and horizontal sections of fingers generated in this way.
- The horizontal axis has the most frequently preserved part of the bone, namely the distal humerus and proximal femur.
- The snow made horizontal lines of white where it had lodged between the timbers.
- Upon the lowering of his arm to the horizontal position in front of him, the squad would aim their weapons.
- We are concerned with the predominantly horizontal mean flow of a fluid whose mean density varies vertically.
THESAURUS► flat
Collocations on one level, without any holes or raised areas, and not sloping or curving: · a flat roof· a flat screen· Before you lay the tiles, make sure that the ground is completely flat.
► level not sloping in any direction, so that every part is at the same height: · Is the top of this picture level?· After four hours coming down the mountain, I was glad to be back on level ground.
► smooth without any holes or raised areas – used especially when saying how something feels when you touch it: · her lovely smooth skin· I ran my hand across the animal’s smooth fur.
► even without any holes or raised areas: · Apply the paint to an even surface.· Be careful – the path is not very even here.
► horizontal going straight across and not sloping: · a horizontal line· Raise both arms to a horizontal position.
Longman Language Activatornot sloping or vertical► flat · In those days the houses all had flat roofs.· We lay flat on our backs and stared up at the sky.
► level a surface or area that is level does not slope in any direction: · He looked for a strip of level ground where he could land the plane.· These shelves aren't level.
► horizontal a horizontal line, position, or surface is completely straight, flat, and not sloping, and is parallel with the ground or the bottom of something: · The cliff revealed horizontal layers of rock.horizontal line: · The teacher drew a long, horizontal line across the blackboard.horizontal position: · The wine bottles should be kept in a horizontal position.
► on its side something that is on its side has been moved from its usual upright position to a horizontal position: · One of the vehicles in the accident still lay on its side, blocking all four traffic lanes.· Place the chicken on its side in a baking dish and roast for 20 minutes.· A dog was pulling garbage out of a trash can which was lying on its side in the street.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the vertical/horizontal axis► vertical/horizontal stripesCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► axis
flat and level: · Along the horizontal axis are measured the supply of and demand for labour in the ith market, and respectively.· Concern for production is illustrated on the horizontal axis.· The serious aerial photographer will be looking for adjustment through vertical and horizontal axes so that the field of view is precise.· A leader with a rating of nine on the horizontal axis has a maximum concern for production.· The horizontal axis has the most frequently preserved part of the bone, namely the distal humerus and proximal femur.· On the horizontal axis is 0, the ideal variety of consumers.· However, as the frequency was only doubled in the horizontal axis the benefits were lost if you printed landscape format text!· As they use much thinner weft than warp strands, more knots are tied on the vertical than the horizontal axis.
► bar· Phosphate positions on the DNA-ribbon backbone are shown as circles, and the bases as horizontal bars.· Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.· Early pictures show no horizontal bars between the uprights on the gallery.· A short horizontal bar slid up and down the length of the rod.
► line· A horizontal line is calm and secure.· Above this dark mist would lie another horizontal line, the apparent time track along which the patient returns.· The snow made horizontal lines of white where it had lodged between the timbers.· This technique can relate a shape to its dual, eg, a dual of a horizontal line is a vertical line.· The vanishing points for horizontal lines are located upon the horizon.· Draw a circle with a diameter equal to the width of your scallop, then draw a horizontal line across the diameter.· This means that horizontal line one and line two contain only one colour, in this case red.· But they were also used architecturally, to add interest to the horizontal line of a cornice.
► lines· The snow made horizontal lines of white where it had lodged between the timbers.· The vanishing points for horizontal lines are located upon the horizon.· Clones deleted in the analysis are indicated as grey horizontal lines, with the non-deleted clones shown black.· It defines a television image in 520 horizontal lines of information, updated 60 times each second.
► perspective· The gradient in the horizontal size ratio is referred to as differential horizontal perspective.· Why should differential vertical perspective cues be more effective than differential horizontal perspective cues in scaling depth and size?
► plane· If the dance takes place on a horizontal plane, then this waggled line will point directly at the food source.· The nystagmus consists of coarse oscillations that remain in the horizontal plane, even on upward and downward movements of the eyes.· To simplify the figure, its effect is shown on a projection of the cusp on to a horizontal plane.· These horizontal planes represent different spatial descriptions as the time-coordinate t increases.· Their vast horizontal planes of activity could then provide a substitute horizon.· The sample is fixed in a horizontal plane and can be examined by rotating it through 360 degrees.· The horizontal plane is eye level.· In distinctive low-wing flight wings are hardly raised above horizontal plane and depressed far down below body at bottom of downstroke.
► position· Upon the lowering of his arm to the horizontal position in front of him, the squad would aim their weapons.· We fell back to a horizontal position, kissing passionately.· Note the horizontal position of the foot for maximum purchase.
► stripe· Bees, thus, actively approach horizontal stripes and avoid vertical ones, suggesting that there are two or more independent channels.· The pattern of seven dark horizontal stripes on a light background is not fully evident in juvenile specimens.· The stripey is marked with black and yellow-gold horizontal stripes.· Behind the head it displays horizontal stripes.
a horizontal surface► see thesaurus at flat—horizontally adverb → diagonal, verticalhorizontal1 adjectivehorizontal2 noun
horizontalhorizontal2 noun ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Collocations- Could the impact of the meteorite with the dome have deflected its path toward the horizontal?
- Instead of stitching the bora along the horizontal, he had stitched it along the vertical.
- The plane dropped lower, returning to the horizontal, and the airfield appeared.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the vertical/horizontal axis► vertical/horizontal stripes
PhrasesPHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the horizontal
1[countable] a horizontal line or surface2the horizontal a horizontal position: - The ramp was angled at 12 degrees below the horizontal.
eleven degrees below the horizontal