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hor·i·zon·tal

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–adjective

1.	at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.

2.	flat or level: a horizontal position.

3.	being in a prone or supine position; recumbent: His bad back has kept him horizontal for a week.

4.	near, on, or parallel to the horizon.

5.	of or pertaining to the horizon.

6.	measured or contained in a plane parallel to the horizon: a horizontal distance.

7.	(of material on a printed page, pieces on a game board, etc.) extending across, from the left to the right of the viewer.

8.	of or pertaining to a position or individual of similar status: He received a horizontal promotion to a different department, retaining his old salary and title.

9.	Economics. of or pertaining to companies, affiliates, divisions, etc., that perform the same or similar functions or produce the same or similar products: Through horizontal mergers the company monopolized its field.

–noun

10.	anything horizontal, as a plane, direction, or object.

[Origin: 1545–55; < L horizont- (s. of horizōn) horizon + -al¹

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—Related forms

hor·i·zon·tal·i·ty

Audio Help [hawr-i-zon-tal-i-tee, hor-] Pronunciation Key, hor·i·zon·tal·ness, noun

hor·i·zon·tal·ly, adverb

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Thesaurus Entries

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	horizontal
Part of Speech:	adjective
Synonyms:	decumbent, flat, flush, level, parallel, plane, prone, prostrate, recumbent, supine, endwise
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	horizontal
Part of Speech:	noun
Synonyms:	summer, decumbency, horizontality, lintel, reclination, stringer, transom
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	flat
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	Lying down.
Synonyms:	decumbent, procumbent, prone, prostrate, recumbent
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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horizontal sounding balloon: see weather balloon.

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