Množina: horizons

ETYM French, from Latin horizon, from Greek horizein to bound, limit.
1. The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; SYN. apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline.
2. The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; SYN. view, purview.
3. The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth; SYN. celestial horizon.
4. A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
The limit to which one can see across the surface of the sea or a level plain, that is, about 5 km/3 mi at 1.5 m/5 ft above sea level, and about 65 km/40 mi at 300 m/1,000 ft.

Množina: Horizon cities

Town in Texas (USA); zip code 79927.

Singular of horizons is horizon.

ETYM Cf. French horizontal.
Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line.

Množina: horizontals

Something that is oriented horizontally.

Množina: horizontal bars

A bar fixed in a horizontal position for gymnastic exercises; SYN. high bar.
1. A steel bar supported in a horizontal position approximately eight feet above the floor and used for swinging feats in gymnastics
2. An event in gymnastics competition in which the horizontal bar is used

Množina: horizontal blanking intervals

See blanking, horizontal retrace.

Množina: horizontal boring and milling machines

Množina: horizontal checks

Singular of horizontal drop-outs is horizontal drop-out.

Množina: horizontal flybacks

See horizontal retrace.

Množina: horizontal formats

Množina: horizontal integrations

Absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level; SYN. horizontal combination.

Množina: horizontal lines

Množina: horizontal markets

A broad category of business activity, such as accounting or inventory control, that carries across many types of business. Compare vertical market.