as in flat
parallel to the ground
She reclined the chair to a horizontal position. The line on the graph was nearly horizontal, indicating little growth over the fiscal year.
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Instead, there's a horizontal camera module that sits alone very much like an iPhone 8 Plus.
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2025
That type of accountability – horizontal accountability to families – is what will ultimately improve American education.
—Lindsey M. Burke, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Transforming the nation’s economy by nurturing vertical and horizontal diversification across all productive industries is a core objective of the Plan Belize medium-term development strategy, which the government implemented after it was democratically elected in 2020.
—Panorama Media Ltd., Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Right now though, movie watchers can look forward to 95% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, while setup flexibility is helped along by keystone correction, 1.6x zoom, and vertical/horizontal lens shift.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2025
That type of accountability – horizontal accountability to families – is what will ultimately improve American education.
—Lindsey M. Burke, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
Transforming the nation’s economy by nurturing vertical and horizontal diversification across all productive industries is a core objective of the Plan Belize medium-term development strategy, which the government implemented after it was democratically elected in 2020.
—Panorama Media Ltd., Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Right now though, movie watchers can look forward to 95% coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut, while setup flexibility is helped along by keystone correction, 1.6x zoom, and vertical/horizontal lens shift.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horizontal
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“Horizontal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horizontal. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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