horizontal

noun

A horizontal component of a structure.

(geology) Horizon.

A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

adjective

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

(marketing) Relating to horizontal markets

(sex, euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.

(biology) 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.

(music, of an interval) Having the two notes sound successively.

(wine) Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.

(archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.

Roots

horizeinhoriz- · Greek · to bound, divide

Synonyms for horizontal

verticaladj rectilinearadj linearadj uprightn

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Where does horizontal come from?

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