horizontal

Meaning

Adj

1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
2. Relating to horizontal markets
3. (archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
4. Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
5. Having the two notes sound successively.
6. (euphemistic) Relating to sexual intercourse.
7. 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.

Noun

1. A horizontal component of a structure.
2. Horizon.
3. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

Opposite of

vertical

Synonyms

level

flat

transverse

straight

lying down

horizontal line

smooth

plane

oblique

lateral

like

lying

parallel

position

transversal

unerect

waterline

lie flat

level road

sea line

across

Horiz

aligned

awry

cross

crossing

equal

even

flush

identical

level line

Translations

horizontal

horizontal

orizzontale

horizontal

horizontaal

waagerecht

horitzontal

waagrecht

horizontal

οριζόντιος

waterpas

platliggend

أفقي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒntəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal.

Sentences

Horizontal transfer is the movement of technologies from one area to another .