Definition of horizontal

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Horizontal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the horizon..

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Tread :: Tread (n.) The upper horizontal part of a step, on which the foot is placed..
Horizontal :: Horizontal (a.) Pertaining to, or near, the horizon..
Ledgment :: Ledgment (n.) A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building..
Line :: Line (n.) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections..
Bending :: Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
Level :: Level (v. t.) To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait..
Harpsichord :: Harpsichord (n.) A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano..
Chord :: Chord (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (v. t.) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage; also, to train (a gun) for horizontal firing..
Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Natant :: Natant (a.) Placed horizontally across the field, as if swimmimg toward the dexter side; said of all sorts of fishes except the flying fish..
Noddy :: Noddy (n.) An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification..
Sole :: Sole (n.) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Sloping :: Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..
Evenness :: Evenness (n.) The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition..
Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) A direction or tendency from the true vertical or horizontal direction; as, the inclination of a column, or of a road bed..
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
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