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What's The Definition Of Horizon?
[n] the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
[n] the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [n] the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth [n] a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land Synonyms | Synonyms for Horizon: apparent horizon | celestial horizon | purview | sensible horizon | skyline | view | visible horizon Related Terms | Find terms related to Horizon: azimuth | background | clear sight | color vision | command | compass | cone vision | day vision | daylight vision | discernment | domination | eye | eye-mindedness | eyereach | eyeshot | eyesight | false horizon | farsight | farsightedness | field of view | field of vision | keen sight | ken | limit of vision | limits | line of sight | naked eye | night vision | offing | outlook | outlook over | perception | peripheral field | peripheral vision | perspective | perspicacity | perspicuity | photopia | power of sight | prospect | purview | quick sight | range | reach | remote distance | rod vision | scan | scope | scope of vision | scotopia | sea line | seeing | sense of sight | sensible horizon | sight | sightedness | sightliness | skyline | survey | sweep | the distance | twilight vision | unobstructed vision | vanishing point | view | visible horizon | vision | vista | visual acuity | visual field | visual sense See Also | ambit | compass | geological horizon | great circle | line | linear perspective | orbit | perspective | profile | range | reach | scope | soil horizon | stratum Horizon In Webster's Dictionary \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?)
the bounding line, horizon, fr. ? to bound, fr. ? boundary,
limit.]
1. The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface
visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent
junction of the earth and sky.
And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above
the border of this horizon. --Shak.
All the horizon round Invested with bright rays.
--Milton.
2. (Astron.)
(a) 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.
(b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place,
and passing through the earth's center; -- called also
{rational or celestial horizon}.
(c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as
seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being
visible.
3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
The strata all over the earth, which were formed at
the same time, are said to belong to the same
geological horizon. --Le Conte.
4. (Painting) 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.
{Apparent horizon}. See under {Apparent}.
{Artificial horizon}, a level mirror, as the surface of
mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted
to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the
sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial
body.
{Celestial horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above.
{Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the vertical angle between
the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon,
the latter always being below the former.
{Rational horizon}, and {Sensible horizon}. (Astron.) See
def. 2, above.
{Visible horizon}. See definitions 1 and 2, above.
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