Definition of Horizontal

(a.)
Pertaining to, or near, the horizon.
  

(a.)
Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.
  

(a.)
Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.
  

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horizontal
\hor`i*zon"tal\ (?), a. [cf. f. horizontal.]
1. pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "horizontal misty air."
2. parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.
3. measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance.
horizontal
drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.
horizontal
engine, one the piston of which works horizontally.
horizontal
fire (mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.
horizontal
force (physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force.
horizontal
line (descriptive geometry & drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found.
horizontal
parallax. see under parallax.
horizontal
plane (descriptive geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. see projection. it is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.
horizontal
projection, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.
horizontal
range (gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
horizontal
water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.
horizontal
adj : parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface" [ant: vertical, inclined] n : something that is oriented horizontally

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 horizontal force 
 horizontal engine 
 horizontal line 
 horizontal fire 
 horizontal fault 
 horizontal parallax 
 horizontal microcode 
 horizontal loop combination 
 horizontal range 
 horizontal drill 
 horizontal scan rate 
 horizontal application 
 horizontal projection 
 horizontal plane 
 horizontal training 
 horizontal tabulation 
 horizontal water wheel 
 horizontal surface 

sexual intercourse

sexual intercourse

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Noun
1. something that is oriented horizontally
(hypernym) orientation

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Adjective
1. parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
(antonym) vertical, perpendicular
(similar) crosswise
(attribute) orientation

A furnace that is longer than it is tall; is best used in attics or crawl spaces where there is not much height.

- Static variable in interface java.awt.Adjustable 
public static final int HORIZONTAL
The horizontal orientation.

- Static variable in class java.awt.GridBagConstraints 
public static final int HORIZONTAL
Resize the component horizontally but not vertically.

- Static variable in class java.awt.Scrollbar 
public static final int HORIZONTAL
A constant that indicates a horizontal scroll bar.

- Static variable in class javax.accessibility.AccessibleState 
public static final AccessibleState HORIZONTAL
Indicates the orientation of this object is horizontal. This is usually associated with objects such as scrollbars, sliders, and progress bars.See Also:  HORIZONTAL , AccessibleRole.SCROLL_BAR , AccessibleRole.SLIDER , AccessibleRole.PROGRESS_BAR

- Static variable in interface javax.swing.SwingConstants 
public static final int HORIZONTAL
Horizontal orientation. Used for scrollbars and sliders.

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