horizon

horizon has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
• n.. The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
• n.. The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
• n.. 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.
• 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