HORIZON
\həɹˈa͡ɪzən], \həɹˈaɪzən], \h_ə_ɹ_ˈaɪ_z_ə_n]\
Definitions of HORIZON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
By Princeton University
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the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
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The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
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The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
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The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
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A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; - called also rational celestial horizon.
By Oddity Software
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A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
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The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
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The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
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The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
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A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; - called also rational celestial horizon.
By Noah Webster.
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The circular line where the sky and earth or sea appear to meet; hence, the limit of one's mental vision.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A circle bounding the view where the earth and sky seem to meet, called the sensible horizon, as distinguished from the great circle parallel to it, the centre of which is the centre of the earth, called the rational horizon.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The circular line where the earth and sky seem to meet, called the sensible horizon; the great circle dividing the visible and invisible heavens into two equal parts is called the rational horizon.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] The apparent junction of the earth and sky;—a plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place—called the sensible horizon;—a plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's centre—called also the rational or celestial horizon.
