HORIZON
\həɹˈa͡ɪzən], \həɹˈaɪzən], \h_ə_ɹ_ˈaɪ_z_ə_n]\
Definitions of HORIZON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
By Princeton University
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the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
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The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
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The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
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The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
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A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; - called also rational celestial horizon.
By Oddity Software
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A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
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The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
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The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
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The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
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A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; - called also rational celestial horizon.
By Noah Webster.
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The circular line where the sky and earth or sea appear to meet; hence, the limit of one's mental vision.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] The apparent junction of the earth and sky;—a plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place—called the sensible horizon;—a plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's centre—called also the rational or celestial horizon.
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