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# horizontal

«horizontal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Flat and level, going straight from side to side…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (horizontal); noun (the horizontal, horizontals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flat and level, going straight from side to side, parallel to the ground or the horizon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m1)

2) (maths) A horizontal line goes across the page, from left to right, like the x-axis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m2)

3) The horizontal is a horizontal line or position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths (lines, graphs, axes, symmetry), science (levels, spirit levels) and art. It tells the reader which way something lies. Phrases: horizontal line, horizontal axis, horizontal and vertical.

### examples

- Draw a horizontal line across the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x1)
- The x-axis on a graph is horizontal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x2)
- The water in a glass stays horizontal even when you tip it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x3)
- A shelf must be horizontal or things will roll off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x4)
- Vertical lines go up and down, horizontal lines go across. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x5)
- The gymnast held her body horizontal on the bar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/#x6)

### note

Opposite: vertical (up and down). Adverb: horizontally. Memory trick: horizontal is like the horizon, flat across. Maths: a horizontal line of symmetry splits a shape into top and bottom halves.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «horizontal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.