(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.
Streamer
Definition:
(n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.
(n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis.
(n.) A searcher for stream tin.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Sertoli cells possessed a "streamer" like formation of strong TPPase activity spreading from basal to apical portion.
(2) One happy online user described the marinades thus: "Turns ordinary, boring, everyday chicken into a Festival of Chicken, complete with chicken-skin streamers and party giblets".
(3) Anyway, grab your party hat and some streamers, crank your German rock way up high and let’s get this party started.
(4) A class of aggregation pattern mutants called 'streamers' have been isolated from Dictyostelium discoideum and analysed genetically.
(5) In her wake will travel a flotilla of 1,000 boats decorated in streamers and flags, their crews resplendent in their finest rigs.
(6) Several bacteria which appear to be different and are presumed to be different species are associated in the slimy mass of the "acid streamers."
(7) Streamer F mutants have been found to be useful tools for studying the pathway of signal transduction leading to chemotactic cell movement.
(8) The growing tips and fine spike-like sprouts called 'streamers' were also highly stained with laminin immunoreactivity.
(9) The total number of complementation groups giving the streamer phenotype is estimated from statistical calculation, based on the frequency of allelism, to be between seven and nine.
(10) Still 0-0 1.16am GMT 48 mins The most exciting thing to have happened in this second half so far are the enormous number of streamers that descended on Jimmy Nielsen and the KC goal area.
(11) "Twitch remains a lot more 'wild west', with streamers often playing music in the background without thinking too much about copyright law.
(12) "It is customary to welcome the team in Argentina with a display of fireworks, bombardas (small bombs that make a big noise but do not actually explode) and confetti - plus paper streamers that are mostly rolls of toilet paper.
(13) Measurements in streamer F mutant cells reveal that cGMP likely plays a role in the regulation of the cAMP-induced hyperpolarization.
(14) If your daughter has a pink bike with streamers on the handlebars, and those elements are understood as distinctly feminine, then you're far less likely to hand it on to your son.
(15) Bacterial colony counts and quantitative estimation of vaginal epithelial cells were performed on urine collected by 18 female volunteers using conventional clean-catch technics and on urine collected by the same 18 women using the Clean Streamer.
(16) There might still be a few empty seats, but someone at least thought to bring a massive yellow streamer and launch it out onto the field near the left sideline.
(17) Characteristic features of pattern alopecia included: the presence of miniature or vellus follicles; a marked enlargement of the sebaceous glands and arrectores pilorum muscles; the presence of connective tissue streamers beneath the vellus follicles; and the thinning of the dermis.
(18) KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE "At the start of the Copa Libertadores final at Boca Juniors, the fans converted their stadium into a garbage dump by covering the playing field in litter and draping paper streamers over the goal posts with no attempt to clear the debris," noted Ian Simpson, way back when.
(19) Bleeding is a major consideration; surface tension tends to keep venous blood oozing along surfaces, whereas pulsatile arterial blood forms droplets, streamers, and clouds, depending on the force of the bleeding.
(20) This isolate produced copious amounts of extracellular polymer at 10 C in the laboratory and was considered to be the primary source of polymer in the "acid streamer" slime matrix.