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hor·i·zon·tal  (hôr-zntl, hr-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or near the horizon.
2.
a. Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon.
b. At right angles to a vertical line.
3. Occupying or restricted to the same level in a hierarchy: a horizontal study of verbal ability; a horizontal transfer by an employee.
n.
Something, such as a line, plane, or object, that is horizontal.
[French, from Latin horizn, horizont-, horizon; see horizon.]
hori·zon·tali·ty (-zn-tl-t), hori·zontal·ness n.
hori·zontal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.horizontally - in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
Translations
horizontally [ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəlɪ] ADV → horizontalmente
horizontally [ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəli] adv → horizontalement
horizontally
adv → horizontal
horizontally [ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntəlɪ] adv → orizzontalmente
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Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
This chart divides the ocean into districts of five degrees of latitude by five degrees of longitude; perpendicularly through each of which districts are twelve columns for the twelve months; and horizontally through each of which districts are three lines; one to show the number of days that have been spent in each month in every district, and the two others to show the number of days in which whales, sperm or right, have been seen.
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We bore away nearly horizontally for about four hundred feet, then ascended directly toward the summit for about sixty feet, then doubled back to the ridge which descends toward Zermatt.
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