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horizontal
Adjective
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Something that is lying down or "straight across" is horizontal. In a horizontal direction means straight across.
The road across the Nullabor plain is horizontal.
Dad hung a swing from a horizontal branch.
Horizontal stripes on a shirt make a person look wider.
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To be horizontal means to have something to do with the horizon.
alignment
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noun
the spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines
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noun
(= alliance)
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
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noun
the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other
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noun
(= conjunction)
(astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac