horizontal
/ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.90 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Having the two notes sound successively.
adj
adj
Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship.
Example Sentences
- "horizontal lines"
- "I also claim the combination of the separator shaft with the shoe, and with the pitman, for the purpose of imparting to it a recriprocating horizontal movement, and a vibratory movement on its axis at the same time,..."
- "Power is derived from a British United Traction Limited "A"-type 150-h.p. six-cylinder horizontal diesel engine; this drives through a fluid flywheel, and thence through a free wheel unit to a four-speed epicyclic gearbox."
- "[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]"
- "As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air"
- "horizontal tango"
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: horizōn
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/
- British English: /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/