(n.) The circle which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
(n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
(n.) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial horizon.
(n.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
(n.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
(n.) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
Example Sentences:
(1) They were like some great show, the gas squeezing up from the depths of the oil well to be consumed in flame against the intense black horizon, like some great dragon.
(2) When a meridional-size lens is used to provide magnification in the horizonal meridan for one eye the resulting stereopsis distortion is readily accounted for in the terms of the binocular disparity caused by changed angular relations.
(3) A leading academic, Prof Robert Bea, from the engineering faculty at the University of California in Berkeley, who made a special study of the Deepwater Horizon accident , has raised new concerns that the recent slump in oil prices could compromise safety across the industry as oil producers strive to cut costs.
(4) A former Halliburton manager was sentenced to one year of probation on Tuesday for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's fatal 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout, which claimed 11 lives.
(5) Governor Mark Carney once hinted that a UK rate rise might be on the horizon.
(6) There’s little else on the horizon.” There has been a resurgence of medical interest in LSD and psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, after several recent trials produced encouraging results for conditions ranging from depression in cancer patients to post-traumatic stress disorder.
(7) Many address deep-rooted social issues, but they are hampered by short-term political horizons and funding arrangements.
(8) With the summer halfway done, is there anything good on the horizon?
(9) Dr Atl is better known for his work as a landscape painter who portrayed the horizons of the valley of Mexico.
(10) Brexiters face rude awakening on immigration, says ex-minister Read more The problem is, there is nothing on the horizon to suggest that achieving any significant reduction in immigration is achievable or even desirable.
(11) Furthermore, it has extended our horizons in the management of intrarenal hematuria and of low grade tumors of the renal collecting system.
(12) The paint whooshed down through the freshwater, but as soon as it hit the saltwater it was repelled, spreading out laterally as if the pigment had hit an invisible horizon.
(13) It was pored over by line producers, prop masters, location scouts, production designers, scenic designers, costume designers, directors, assistant directors, second assistant directors, and second second assistant directors – at each step becoming more real, as if emerging from the shimmer of some distant desert horizon.
(14) He married Sonia Bronwell, a young editor at Horizon, on 13 October 1949.
(15) As a result, the country has no farm bill, leaving agricultural subsidies up in the air, farmers uncertain about what their financial picture looks like, and a potential food crisis on the horizon.
(16) It is always on the horizon, and is a devastating scenario,” he said.
(17) Antony Gormley brought his Domain Field and Event Horizon to the Garage this year and professed himself extremely happy.
(18) Five months after BP oil rig disaster, US government declares well 'dead' 20 September BP's clean-up costs following the explosion of Deepwater Horizon nears $10bn (£6.4bn) BP oil spill cost hits nearly $10bn The day after it is confirmed that the leaking well has been successfully and permanently plugged, shares in BP rise by 8p.
(19) Let’s assume, then, that all of us, including progressives, do need to broaden our horizons, and seek out more views that differ from ours.
(20) BP credit rating downgraded after Tony Hayward's grilling by Congress 19 June One of BP's partners, Anadarko Petroleum, refuses to accept any responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon explosion despite owning a quarter of the well.
Steeve
Definition:
(v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
(v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
(v. t.) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
(n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
(n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
Example Sentences:
(1) To localize the virus gene involved in influencing the host range, we cloned and sequenced the env gene of the BB6 variant of FV (Steeves et al., Int.
(2) Richard Steeves, Synergy’s boss, and two other Synergy directors will join the board.
(3) The long terminal repeat regions of F-SFFVA and the Lilly-Steeves strain of F-SFFVP were also sequenced and compared with each other and with a previously published sequence of another F-SFFVP long terminal repeat.
(4) Steeve Briois, the NF secretary general, said: "The French are showing a wish to take their destiny into their hands and give back their country its sovereignty."
(5) RB virus was produced by passing high titers of the wild-type Friend virus (Lilly-Steeves polycythemia-producing strain) through adult Fv-2rr mice.
(6) Senior officials including Florian Philippot, Le Pen’s chief political adviser, and Steeve Brios, her replacement as party president during the campaign, confirmed the planned name change.
(7) Steeve Briois , another of the party’s four vice-presidents, would take Jalkh’s place, Aliot said.
(8) Analyses of the kinetics of env protein synthesis and secretion in NRK cells infected with the Lilly-Steeves strain of SFFVp indicated that this product, gp65, was formed rapidly and remained stably associated with cells for up to 4 hr, at which point it was first detected in supernatant medium.
(9) A colinear molecular clone of the Lilly-Steeves polycythemia strain of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) was modified by inserting a 215-base-pair tag of simian virus 40 DNA into its nonfunctional pol gene region.
(10) USA 87:9985-9989, 1990), they are susceptible to some variants of FV (R. A. Steeves, E. A. Mirand, A. Bulba, and P. J. Trudel, Int.
(11) All the candidates were idiots talking rubbish.” In Hénin-Beaumont, where Le Pen voted on Sunday, the Front National vice-president Steeve Briois was enjoying lunch in the Café de la Paix, as a steady stream of locals came to shake his hand.
(12) A., Robins, H. I., Steeves, R., and Bryan, G. T. (1984) Cancer Res.