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Horizontality — Hor i*zon*tal i*ty, n. [Cf. F. horizontalit[ e].] The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Horizontality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Horizontality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 horizontality horizontality Sgm: N 1 flatness flatness Sgm: N 1 level level plane Sgm: N 1 stratum stratum &c. 204 Sgm: N 1 dead level dead level … English dictionary for students
horizontality — horizontal ► ADJECTIVE ▪ parallel to the plane of the horizon; at right angles to the vertical. ► NOUN ▪ a horizontal line, plane or structure. DERIVATIVES horizontality noun horizontally adverb … English terms dictionary
horizontality — noun the quality of being parallel to the horizon houses with a pronounced horizontality • Derivationally related forms: ↑horizontal • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑spatial relation … Useful english dictionary
horizontality — noun see horizontal … New Collegiate Dictionary
horizontality — See horizontal. * * * … Universalium
horizontality — noun horizontalness … Wiktionary
horizontality — hor·i·zon·tal·i·ty … English syllables
Principle of original horizontality — A stratigraphic section of Ordovician rock exposed in central Tennessee, USA. The sediments composing these rocks were formed in an ocean and deposited in horizontal layers … Wikipedia
Law of horizontality — in archaeology means that any archaeological layer deposited in an unconsolidated form will tend towards a horizontal position. Strata which are found with tilted surfaces were originally deposited that way, or lie in conformity with the contours … Wikipedia
