horizon
horizon is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
- noun. The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
- noun. The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
- noun. 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.
- noun. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
"It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
- noun. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- noun. the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
- noun. a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
Synonyms
Common word forms
horizons, horizonal, horizonless
Words from these letters
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