English Explanatory Dictionary

horizontal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
  2. Relating to horizontal markets
  3. Pertaining to the horizon.
  4. Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
  5. Having the two notes sound successively.
  6. Relating to sexual intercourse.
  7. Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
noun
  1. A horizontal component of a structure.
  2. Horizon.
  3. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

Pronunciation

/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/ /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/ En-us-horizontal.ogg /hə.rɪˈzɔːn.ʈəl/ /hɔː-/

Word forms

horizontal more horizontal most horizontal horizontals

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

Synonyms

linear melodic

Antonyms

vertical

Derived words

circumhorizontal horizontal bar horizontal categorification horizontal dancing horizontal divestiture horizontal escalation horizontal extension horizontal gene transfer horizontal hostility horizontal hula horizontal integration horizontalism horizontalist horizontality horizontalize horizontal jogging horizontally horizontal machining center horizontal mambo horizontal market horizontalness horizontal pitch horizontal plane horizontal polka horizontal privity horizontal proliferation horizontal refreshments horizontal run horizontal sorting horizontal stabiliser horizontal stabilizer horizontal standard horizontal tango nonhorizontal paleohorizontal quasihorizontal subhorizontal unhorizontal
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