horizontal
UK/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl//ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
horizontal adjective: perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
Adjective
horizontal (comparative more horizontal, superlative most horizontal)
- Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- horizontal lines
- I also claim the combination of the separator shaft with the shoe, and with the pitman, for the purpose of imparting to it a recriprocating horizontal movement, and a vibratory movement on its axis at the same time,...1847, editorial staff, “Winnowing Machines”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
- Relating to horizontal markets
- Pertaining to the horizon.
- As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
- Having the two notes sound successively.
- Antonyms:
- vertical
- Relating to sexual intercourse.
- horizontal tango
- Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like.2020 February 2, Mariella Frostrup, “One is a great guy; the other is good in bed. So who do I choose?”, in The Guardian
- 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.
- Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.
Noun
horizontal (plural horizontals)
- A horizontal component of a structure.
- Horizon.
- A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum
horizontal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
horizontal in Hindi
- parallel to the plane of the horizon
- क्षैतिज kṣaitij
horizontal in Tamil
- parallel to the plane of the horizon
- கிடைமட்ட kiṭaimaṭṭa
horizontal in Marathi
- parallel to the plane of the horizon
- क्षैतिज kṣaitij
horizontal in Urdu
- parallel to the plane of the horizon
- افقی ufuqī
More languagesFewer languages
- horizontal in Bengali
- অনুভূমিক onubhumik
- horizontal in Telugu
- సమాంతరము samāntaramu
- horizontal in Malayalam
- തിരശ്ചീനമായ tiraścīnamāya
- horizontal in Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಡಡ್ಡವಾದ, ಚಪ್ಪಟೆ, ಮಟ್ಟಸ, ಸಮತಲ
- horizontal in Punjabi
- ਚਪਟਾ capṭā
- horizontal in Gujarati
- આડી āḍī
- horizontal in Odia
- ଆନୁଭୂମିକ, ଅନୁଭୂମିକ, ଭୂସମାନ୍ତର
- horizontal in Sanskrit
- तिर्यञ्च् tiryáñc
- horizontal in Nepali
- क्षैतिज
- horizontal in Tagalog
- higa
- horizontal in Arabic
- أُفُقِيّ ʔufuqiyy
- horizontal in Malay
- melintang, mendatar, mengufuk
- horizontal in Indonesian
- horisontal
- horizontal in Persian
- افقی ofoqi
- horizontal in Thai
- แนวราบ
- horizontal in Vietnamese
- ngang
- horizontal in Myanmar
- အလျားလိုက် a.lya:luik
Examples of horizontal in a sentence
- The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel.
- The market for wordprocessors is a horizontal market.
- The horizontal neatlines were formed by lines of latitude.
Synonyms of horizontal
Antonyms
Forms of horizontal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more horizontal |
| superlative | most horizontal |
| Noun | |
| plural | horizontals |
Origin of horizontal
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).
Words formed from horizontal
- 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 slam dance
- horizontal sorting
- horizontal stabiliser
- horizontal stabilizer
- horizontal standard
- horizontal tango
- nonhorizontal
- paleohorizontal
- quasihorizontal
- subhorizontal
- unhorizontal
Phrases with horizontal
- horizontal bars
- horizontal runs
- horizontal hulas
- horizontal mambos
- horizontal planes
- horizontal polkas
- horizontal tangos
- horizontal markets
- horizontal standards
- horizontal stabilisers
- horizontal stabilizers
- horizontal divestitures
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Questions about horizontal
- What does horizontal mean?
- Horizontal means perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- What is horizontal in Hindi?
- Horizontal in Hindi is क्षैतिज (kṣaitij). See Horizontal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horizontal?
- Horizontal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce horizontal?
- Horizontal is pronounced /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/ (UK).
Words near horizontal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horizontal (page history and authors); horizontal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਚਪਟਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); horizontal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); तिर्यञ्च् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); horizontal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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