horizontal dimension

collocation in English

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horizontal
adjective
uk
/ˌhɒr.ɪˈzɒn.təl/us
/ˌhɔːr.ɪˈzɑːn.t̬əl/
parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge ...
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dimension
noun
uk
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/us
/ˌdaɪˈmen.ʃən/
a measurement of something in a particular direction, especially its height, length, ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalanddimensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhorizontal dimension

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Thehorizontaldimensionhas the winning party and the vertical dimension shows the losing party.
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Subsequently, the benchmarking firstly serves to identify specific needs that exist for individual member states or industrial sectors (horizontaldimension).
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Most of these factors are related to either the vertical or thehorizontaldimensionof intergovernmental relations.
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The lines of competition, though, are not limited to thehorizontaldimensionbut may extend vertically as well.
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The diagram's vertical dimension is time; itshorizontaldimension, organic diversity as it changes over time.
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Changes in variegated strings were analyzed to determine if the changes were more often changes in the vertical than in thehorizontaldimension, as predicted.
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The vertical dimension is concerned with motion coordination (concurrence or simultaneity), while thehorizontaldimensionis concerned with motion passage (passing between successive contexts).
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Thehorizontaldimensionalso offers taxonomies for the analysis of contexts of language use: domains, situations, conditions and constraints, mental context, themes, and communicative tasks and purposes.
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Thehorizontaldimensionrepresents body symmetry and the vertical dimension represents time.
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The height of the layer is small compared to thehorizontaldimension.
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Separating the vertical dimension (hierarchical order) from thehorizontaldimension(linear order) is easily accomplished.
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The duct acts as an atmospheric dielectric waveguide and limits the spread of the wavefront to only thehorizontaldimension.
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Compatible playback equipment can then re-expand thehorizontaldimensionto show the original widescreen image.
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This convention uses the longesthorizontaldimension(length or width) of the engine as its axis instead of the line of the crankshaft.
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The object was to identify an image of a celebrity's face, which was concealed behind a 5x5 grid, with thehorizontaldimensionshowing letters and the vertical dimension showing categories.
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Combinations organized along thehorizontaldimension(in terms of precedence) are called "strings", whereas combinations organized along the vertical dimension (in terms of dominance) are catenae.
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A table may be formed comparing vertical and horizontal dimensions as ratios.
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Note that the vertical shears occur before the column where ha(y, t) or ha(z, t) has affected the horizontal dimensions.
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