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Definition of horizon
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Horizon
(n.) The
circle
which
bounds
that part of the
earth's
surface
visible
to a
spectator
from a given
point;
the
apparent
junction
of the earth and sky.
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Analemma
::
Analemma
(n.) An
instrument
of wood or
brass,
on which this
projection
of the
sphere
is made,
having
a
movable
horizon
or
cursor;
--
formerly
much used in
solving
some
common
astronomical
problems..
House
::
House (n.) A
twelfth
part of the
heavens,
as
divided
by six
circles
intersecting
at the north and south
points
of the
horizon,
used by
astrologers
in
noting
the
positions
of the
heavenly
bodies,
and
casting
horoscopes
or
nativities.
The
houses
were
regarded
as fixed in
respect
to the
horizon,
and
numbered
from the one at the
eastern
horizon,
called
the
ascendant,
first
house,
or house of life,
downward,
or in the
direction
of the
earth's
revolution,
the stars and
planets
passing
through
them in
Horizontal
::
Horizontal
(a.)
Measured
or
contained
in a plane of the
horizon;
as,
horizontal
distance..
Shelf
::
Shelf (v. i.) A flat
tablet
or ledge of any
material
set
horizontally
at a
distance
from the
floor,
to hold
objects
of use or
ornament..
Zither
::
Zither
(n.) An
instrument
of music used in
Austria
and
Germany.
It has from
thirty
to forty wires
strung
across
a
shallow
sounding-board,
which lies
horizontally
on a table
before
the
performer,
who uses both hands in
playing
on it. [Not to be
confounded
with the old
lute-shaped
cittern,
or
cithern.].
Stirrup
::
Stirrup
(v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of
metal,
wood,
leather,
or the like,
horizontal
in one part for
receiving
the foot of a
rider,
and
attached
by a strap to the
saddle,
-- used to
assist
a
person
in
mounting
a
horse,
and to
enable
him to sit
steadily
in
riding,
as well as to
relieve
him by
supporting
a part of the
weight
of the
body..
Modillion
::
Modillion
(n.) The
enriched
block or
horizontal
bracket
generally
found under the
cornice
of the
Corinthian
and
Composite
entablature,
and
sometimes,
less
ornamented,
in the Ionic and other
orders;
-- so
called
because
of its
arrangement
at
regulated
distances..
Denominator
::
Denominator
(n.) That part of any
expression
under a
fractional
form which is
situated
below the
horizontal
line
signifying
division.
Wicket
::
Wicket
(n.) A small
framework
at which the ball is
bowled.
It
consists
of three rods, or
stumps,
set
vertically
in the
ground,
with one or two short rods,
called
bails,
lying
horizontally
across
the top..
Lie
::
Lie
(adj.)
To rest
extended
on the
ground,
a bed, or any
support;
to be, or to put one's self, in an
horizontal
position,
or
nearly
so; to be
prostate;
to be
stretched
out; -- often with down, when
predicated
of
living
creatures;
as, the book lies on the
table;
the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his
coffin..
Macron
::
Macron
(n.) A
short,
straight,
horizontal
mark [-],
placed
over
vowels
to
denote
that they are to be
pronounced
with a long
sound;
as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..
Summer
::
Summer
(n.) A large stone or beam
placed
horizontally
on
columns,
piers,
posts,
or the like,
serving
for
various
uses.
Specifically:
(a) The
lintel
of a door or
window.
(b) The
commencement
of a cross
vault.
(c) A
central
floor
timber,
as a
girder,
or a piece
reaching
from a wall to a
girder.
Called
also
summertree..
Terreplein
::
Terreplein
(n.) The top,
platform,
or
horizontal
surface,
of a
rampart,
on which the
cannon
are
placed.
See
Illust.
of
Casemate..
Declination
::
Declination
(n.) The arc of the
horizon,
contained
between
the
vertical
plane and the prime
vertical
circle,
if
reckoned
from the east or west, or
between
the
meridian
and the
plane,
reckoned
from the north or
south..
Analemma
::
Analemma
(n.) An
orthographic
projection
of the
sphere
on the plane of the
meridian,
the eye being
supposed
at an
infinite
distance,
and in the east or west point of the
horizon..
Pole
::
Pole (n.) A point upon the
surface
of a
sphere
equally
distant
from every part of the
circumference
of a great
circle;
or the point in which a
diameter
of the
sphere
perpendicular
to the plane of such
circle
meets the
surface.
Such a point is
called
the pole of that
circle;
as, the pole of the
horizon;
the pole of the
ecliptic;
the pole of a given
meridian..
Swayed
::
Sway-bracing
(n.) The
horizontal
bracing
of a
bridge,
which
prevents
its
swaying..
Floor
::
Floor (n.) The rock
underlying
a
stratified
or
nearly
horizontal
deposit.
Fraise
::
Fraise
(n.) A
defense
consisting
of
pointed
stakes
driven
into the
ramparts
in a
horizontal
or
inclined
position.
Amplitude
::
Amplitude
(n.) The arc of the
horizon
between
the true east or west point and the
center
of the sun, or a star, at its
rising
or
setting.
At the
rising,
the
amplitude
is
eastern
or
ortive:
at the
setting,
it is
western,
occiduous,
or
occasive.
It is also
northern
or
southern,
when north or south of the
equator..
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