NOUN | location | horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet / meet |
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attribute | horizon, view, purview | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated | |
location | horizon | a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land | |
location | horizon, celestial horizon | the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth |
Sounds | hheray'zahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet / meet. | |
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Synonyms | apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline | |
Part of | perspective, linear perspective | The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer |
Broader | line | A spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent |
Spanish | horizonte, horizonte sensible | |
Catalan | horitzó, horitzó sensible |
Meaning | The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated. | |
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Example | "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" | |
Synonyms | view, purview | |
Broader | scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit | An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control |
Spanish | ámbito, campo, horizonte | |
Catalan | àmbit, camp, horitzó |
Meaning | A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land. | |
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Part of | profile | A vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers |
Narrower | geological horizon | A layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils) |
soil horizon | A layer in a soil profile | |
Broader | stratum | One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) |
Spanish | horizonte | |
Catalan | horitzó |
Meaning | The great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth. | |
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Synonym | celestial horizon | |
Broader | great circle | A circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center |
Spanish | horizonte | |
Catalan | horitzó |
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