Meaning

3 senses
  1. A horizontal component of a structure.

  2. Horizon.

  3. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum

More definitions
  • something that is oriented horizontally

Examples

23 sentences
  1. In my opinion, a well-designed website shouldn't require horizontal scrolling.

    deMeiner Meinung nach sollte eine gut aufgebaute Website kein horizontales Scrollen erfordern. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The stripes were horizontal.

    ruПолосы были горизонтальными. — odexed

    deDie Streifen waren waagerecht. — bonny37

  3. The exponential function has a horizontal asymptote.

    deDie Exponentialfunktion besitzt eine waagerechte Asymptote. — MUIRIEL

  4. He made sure the images were horizontal.

  5. She made sure the images were horizontal.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem

Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

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Forms

plural: horizontals
Singularhorizontal
Pluralhorizontals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horizontal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto