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horizontality

horizontality

1 9.5
The condition when something lies level, like the line where the sky meets the land
  • noun
  • /həˌraɪ.zənˈtæl.ɪ.ti/
translation icon : horizontalidad
  • The chair and couch allude to artist and model, and the contrast of the stiff verticality of the chair and the full, fleshy horizontality of the couch intimates the gender difference between them.

Examples

  • "As a result of many discussions and comments concerning Article 1.3.014 on the horizontality of the saddle, the UCI has decided to clarify the situation by introducing a tolerance to the measurement of the saddle angle."

    Blog text (13)

  • The architect emphasized the building's horizontality with wide, flat roofs and a lack of towering structures.

  • Do you really think that horizontality also represents that experience?

  • Besides, horizontality in itself is probably not enough to warrant inclusion in the group.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Its horizontality and aggressive treatment of the mouth align it closely with horizontal masks.

    Academic text (1991)

  • By themselves, the pictures initiate a certain discomfort through an insistence on horizontality.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The space articulates compression and horizontality with decompression and verticality.

    Blog text (27)

  • Any deviation from perfect horizontality generates a spurious signal at the instrument's rotation frequency.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The horizontality of every building on the Sunset Strip does function as a repository for the unmediated recording of every bit of data on the Sunset Strip.

    Academic text (2005)

  • How can we provoke interventions that strengthen horizontality and resonances, avoiding both hierarchical centralism and pure fragmentation?

    Academic text (2008)

Antonyms

verticality
1 6.5

Being straight up and down at a right angle to the ground

How Horizontal

horizontality
1 9.5
tilt
12 2.8
slant
11 3.4
steepness
1 3.3

Surface Forms

horizontality singular
horizontalitys plural

Morphology

horizontality = horizontal (transparent) = horizon + al + ity

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'horizontal', a standard and predictable derivation.

Etymology

Horizontality comes from horizon, the line where the sky meets the land, and from horizontal, which means 'flat' or 'parallel to the horizon'. So horizontality means the quality of being flat or running along that horizon line, which is why architects use it for wide, low buildings.