horizontal : Idioms & Phrases

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horizontal bar

  • noun gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends
    high bar.
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horizontal combination

  • noun absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level
    horizontal combination.
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Horizontal drill

  • a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.
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Horizontal engine

  • one the piston of which works horizontally.
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Horizontal fire

  • (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.
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Horizontal force

  • (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force.
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horizontal integration

  • noun absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level
    horizontal combination.
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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.
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Horizontal parallax

  • noun the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon
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  • . See under Parallax.
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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.
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Horizontal projection

  • a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.
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Horizontal range

  • (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
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horizontal section

  • noun a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally
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horizontal stabiliser

  • noun the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
    horizontal stabiliser; tailplane.
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horizontal stabilizer

  • noun the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
    horizontal stabiliser; tailplane.
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horizontal surface

  • noun a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
    level.
    • park the car on the level
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horizontal tail

  • noun the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft
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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.
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plano-horizontal

Pla"no-hor`i*zon"tal adjective
Etymology
Plano- + horizontal.
Definitions
  1. Having a level horizontal surface or position. Lee.
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