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Meanings of horizontal direction in English

Russian
горизонталь
Spanish
horizontal

Direction that is parallel to the horizon and perpendicular to the vertical.

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      Usage of horizontal direction in English
      1
      When the grooving is in a horizontal direction, a single incision is sufficient.
      Diseases of the Horse's Foot
      2
      He is stoutly built however, and would measure better in a horizontal direction.
      The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
      3
      I was stationary, or rather moved only in a horizontal direction.
      Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
      4
      So the key is the other force acting in the horizontal direction: friction.
      Wired
      5
      Neither of them acts in the horizontal direction of his swing at this point.
      The Physics of Superheroes
      6
      The net effect is that he accelerates in both the vertical and horizontal direction.
      The Physics of Superheroes
      7
      This can be written: Now what about the horizontal direction?
      Wired
      8
      There is one force acting in the horizontal direction, friction.
      Wired
      9
      Sometimes it twisted spirally, and at other times slanted down nearly to the horizontal direction.
      The First Men in the Moon
      10
      In the horizontal direction, there is the air resistance.
      Wired
      11
      The net force in the horizontal direction is zero.
      Wired
      12
      So it slows down in the horizontal direction.
      Wired
      13
      I put it only in the horizontal direction.
      Wired
      14
      Clearly they (he or she) is calling the x-direction the same as the horizontal direction.
      Wired
      15
      That's because you need the largest friction force because the pole pushes only in the horizontal direction.
      Wired
      16
      He looked up, saw her towering over him, and helplessly shook his head in a horizontal direction.
      The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
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