Horizontal
English
Adjective
Horizontal (comparative more Horizontal, superlative most Horizontal)
- perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
- (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
- 1667: As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 594-5
Noun
Horizontal (plural Horizontals)- A horizontal component of a structure.
Synonyms for Horizontal
level, flat, even, plane, parallel, straight, linear, supine, prone.
Antonyms for Horizontal
vertical, rough, rugged, uneven, irregular, broken, hilly, lumpy, slanting, sloping, rolling, inclined, erect, upright.
Thesaurus
arrowlike, billiard table, bowling green, dead flat, dead level, dead straight, direct, earth, esplanade, even, flat, flatland, flattened, floor, flush, ground, homaloid, homaloidal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, in a line, ledge, level, level line, level plane, lineal, linear, mean sea level, parterre, plain, plane, platform, prairie, prone, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, rolled, ruler-straight, sea level, sea of grass, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, squashed, squashed flat, steppe, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, streamlined, supine, table, tabloid, tabular, terrace, trodden, trodden flat, true, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned, upright, vertical, water level
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/, SAMPA: /%hQr@"zQnt@l/
- (US) IPA: /ˌhɔːɹəˈzɑːntəl/, SAMPA: /%hO:r@"zA:nt@l/
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French
Pronunciation
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Audio noicon (file) - IPA: /ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃.tal/
- Homophones: horizontale, horizontes
Adjective
Horizontal m. (f. Horizontale, m. plural horizontaux, f. plural Horizontales)
- Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
Galician
Adjective
Horizontal m. (feminine horizontal, plural horizontais)
