horizontals
plural of horizontal
Source: Wiktionary
Hor`i*zon"tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. horizontal.]
1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton.
2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface.
3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. Horizontal drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle.
– Horizontal engine, one the piston of which works horizontally.
– Horizontal fire (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.
– Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force.
– Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found.
– Horizontal parallax. See under Parallax.
– Horizontal plane (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn.
– Horizontal projection, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon.
– Horizontal range (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile.
– Horizontal water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
