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Horizontal plane

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(Descriptive Geometry) a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.

See also: Horizontal



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One eye was fully twice the diameter of the other, and an inch above the horizontal plane of its tiny mate.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He arranged the coils carefully in his left hand and the noose in his right, and then he took a position with each foot on one of two branches that lay in about the same horizontal plane and with his back pressed firmly against the stem of the tree.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
On these occasions its head is invariably placed downwards; and its wings are expanded in a horizontal plane, instead of being folded vertically, as is commonly the case.
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