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horizon
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[ noun ] the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)He stared at the far morning , expecting a pendulum to swing across the horizon . God was everywhere , in the belfry , in the steeple , in the clouds , in the trees , and in the mountains hulking on the horizon . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)He and Mark were the last of the family , and there lay the Cape_Ann property which had seemed to have no_end , stretching from horizon to horizon , in those golden days of summer . He and Mark were the last of the family , and there lay the Cape_Ann property which had seemed to have no_end , stretching from horizon to horizon , in those golden days of summer . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)`` On the side toward the horizon - the southern_hemisphere - it is spring ; plants are being taught to grow '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
Examples "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)And further he must understand his obligation to the client to not_only meet his physical necessities but also to enhance and improve his life and to enlarge the cultural horizon of our society . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)It follows that any effective policy toward the underdeveloped countries must have a realistically long working horizon . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
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[ noun ] (geography) the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
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