horizontal
Perpendicular to the verticalPerpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
» In my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.
Meiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern.
Ein gut gestaltetes Netzangebot sollte es meines Erachtens nicht erforderlich machen, horizontal zu rollen.
Ein gut gestaltetes Netzangebot sollte meiner Meinung nach keinen horizontalen Bildlauf erforderlich machen.
Meaning
7 sensesPerpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
horizontal lines
horizontal, waagrecht, waagerecht
горизонта́льныйgorizontálʹnyj
горизонта́льнийhoryzontálʹnyj, позе́мнийpozémnyj, позе́мийpozémyj
parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
Relating to horizontal markets
Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries.
Having the two notes sound successively.
(euphemistic)Relating to sexual intercourse.
horizontal tango
Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.
(archaic)Pertaining to the horizon.
Examples
23 sentencesIn my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.
deMeiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern.
The stripes were horizontal.
ruПолосы были горизонтальными.
deDie Streifen waren waagerecht.
The exponential function has a horizontal asymptote.
deDie Exponentialfunktion besitzt eine waagerechte Asymptote.
He made sure the images were horizontal.
She made sure the images were horizontal.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stemBorrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).
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Forms
more horizontal, most horizontal| Comparative | more horizontal Lesson |
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| Superlative | most horizontal Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
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2 antonymsWord family
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