horizon

English Thesaurus

1. the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope,
definition	:	an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (noun.attribute)

2. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet (noun.location)

hypernym	:	line,
definition	:	a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent (noun.location)

part meronym	:	linear perspective, perspective,
definition	:	the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer (noun.attribute)

3. the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth (noun.location)

hypernym	:	great circle,
definition	:	a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center (noun.location)

4. a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land (noun.location)

hypernym	:	stratum,
definition	:	one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) (noun.location)

hyponym	:	soil horizon,
definition	:	a layer in a soil profile (noun.location)

hyponym	:	geological horizon,
definition	:	a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum (noun.location)

part meronym	:	profile,
definition	:	a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers (noun.location)

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