horizontal plane

collocation in English

meaningsofhorizontalandplane

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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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plane
noun[C]
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhorizontal plane

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The heater beam illuminates a 1-mm-diameter target at normal incidence, and the line focus is in thehorizontalplane.
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The irregularities in ahorizontalplaneat right angles to the optical path would then give the appearance of multiple shocks in a schlieren photograph.
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A compromise was found in a system in which five loudspeakers were assembled in thehorizontalplanein directions 30°, 90°, 180°, -90° and -30°.
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This includes vision based impedance control with physical force feedback on thehorizontalplaneand pure-force control on the vertical axis.
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All of the cases are simulated in thehorizontalplanewith no obstacle in the working area.
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Observations are made using an imaging sonar that scans thehorizontalplanearound the vehicle.
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It made the vertical plane of the body's space reverse with thehorizontalplane.
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Moreover, the end must be asymptotic to ahorizontalplaneor to a vertical catenoid.
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Let us now simulate the evolution of a thin film subjected to gravity and lying on the underside of ahorizontalplane.
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Since most of the joints operate in ahorizontalplane, low powered motors can be used with benefits for safety and power economy.
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A flexible jointed link is attached to its rotational joint moving perpendicular to thehorizontalplane, and its other joints are fixed.
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Let (x, y) be coordinates in thehorizontalplane, and h(x, y) be the elevation of a cell point over thehorizontalplane.
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The ionosphere is supposed to be homogeneous in thehorizontalplaneand slowly changing with height.
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Thus, at leading order, neutral modes of the flow are associated, among others, to translational and rotational invariances in eachhorizontalplane.
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The simulated robot is a two-link manipulator, with two degrees of freedom, that operates in thehorizontalplane.
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The wire encompasses ahorizontalplaneof the tank by extending back and forth horizontally across the tank 20 times.
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This point is mapped on thehorizontalplanegoing through the origin via a projection.
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