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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.
deflection
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noun
a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
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noun
(= bending)
the property of being bent or deflected
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noun
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
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noun
the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
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noun
(= diversion, digression)
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
a diversion from the main highway
a digression into irrelevant details
a deflection from his goal
electrode
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noun
a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit