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horizontal

  • adjective
  • /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/

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

Example

“horizontal lines”

Other meanings

  1. Relating to horizontal markets

  2. Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

Antonyms

  • vertical

Related words

  • circumhorizontal
  • horizontalism
  • horizontalist
  • horizontality
  • paleohorizontal
  • quasihorizontal
  • unhorizontal
  • horizontally
  • horizontal categorification
  • horizontal escalation
  • horizontal hostility
  • horizontal plane

Word history

From Latin "horizōn".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “horizontal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.