Horizon
[hə'raɪz(ə)n] or [hə'raɪzn]
Definition
(noun.) the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; 'It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge'.
(noun.) the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.
(noun.) the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
(noun.) a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land.
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Definition
(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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
(n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
(n.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
(n.) 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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Definition
n. the circular line formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and sky—in astronomical phrase the sensible apparent or visible horizon as opposed to the astronomical true or rational horizon the circle formed by a plane passing through the centre of the earth parallel to the sensible horizon and produced to meet the heavens: (geol.) a stratum marked by the presence of a particular fossil not found in the overlying or underlying beds: any level line or surface: the limit of one's experience or apprehension.—adj. Horizon′tal pertaining to the horizon: parallel to the horizon: level: near the horizon: measured in a plane of the horizon.—n. Horizontal′ity.—adv. Horizon′tally.—Artificial horizon a small trough containing quicksilver the surface of which affords a reflection of the celestial bodies.
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Examples
- My attention was quickly riveted by a large red star close to the distant horizon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When Mr. Hale came in, Margaret went out, oppressed with gloom, and seeing no promise of brightness on any side of the horizon. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here he kept a great mass of wood, high piled, ready to be ignited as a signal should a steamer or a sail top the far horizon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In the saddle --abroad on the plains--sleeping in beds bounded only by the horizon: fancy was at work with these things in a moment. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The above-mentioned highway traversed the lower levels of the heath, from one horizon to another. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- One temple is said to have been so constructed as to face that part of the eastern horizon at which this star arose at the critical season of inundation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She rose at nine that December night: above the horizon I saw her come. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It seems as inevitable that voyaging should make men free in their minds as that settlement within a narrow horizon should make men timid and servile. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Electric Light is the brightest meteor that has flashed across the horizon of promise during the present century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A modification of this was afterward used on the French Atlantic lines for making an artificial horizon to take observations for position at sea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- These gold and crystal moons rose on her vision over blue horizons waved in mounted lines. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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