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Definition of Horizontality
1. Noun. The quality of being parallel to the horizon. "Houses with a pronounced horizontality"
Definition of Horizontality
1. n. The state or quality of being horizontal.
Definition of Horizontality
1. Noun. horizontalness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Horizontality
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Horizontality
Literary usage of Horizontality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1845)
"Mineral composition of strata—Arenaceous rocks—Argillaceous—Calcareous— Gypsum—Forms
of stratification—Original horizontality—thinning out—Diagonal ..."
2. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1852)
"... of stratification—Original horizontality—Thinning out—Diagonal arrangement—
Ripple mark. IN pursuance of the arrangement explained in the last chapter, ..."
3. Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1839)
"Mineral composition of strata—Arenaceous rocks—Argillaceous—Calcareous— Gypsum—Forms
of stratification—Original horizontality—thinning out—Diagonal ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The true horizontality of the was given. end, reading the position of the ... 9.
horizontal east and west axis PQ, the horizontality of which is tested from ..."
5. The Forces of Nature: A Popular Introduction to the Study of Physical Phenomena by Amédée Guillemin (1873)
"... experiments of modern philosophers—Pascal's law of equal pressures—horizontality
of the surface of a liquid in equilibrio— Pressure on the bottom of ..."
6. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"Mineral composition of strata—Arenaceous rocka—Argillaceous—Calcareous- Gypsum—Forms
of stratification—Original horizontality—Thinning out—Diagonal ..."
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