horizontal position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhorizontalandposition
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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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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhorizontal position
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The robot base has been rotated in ahorizontalposition.
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Figure 4 shows thehorizontalpositionof the tongue tip.
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The change inhorizontalpositionillustrates the later component.
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Polarizers were set in either a vertical or ahorizontalposition.
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The sensors were frequently checked for theirhorizontalpositionand for fallen debris.
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Thehorizontalpositionof the detector was then fixed and a full vertical scan was performed.
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The camera was kept inhorizontalpositionby a levelling device.
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The height andhorizontalpositionof the jet are adjusted using linear micrometer stages.
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The second element of the node value represents the node'shorizontalposition, relative to its parent.
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The bottle is represented by an upright arm moving to ahorizontalposition.
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If so, the monoliths could originally have been intended as stelae, then used inhorizontalposition.
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However, there was a slight drifting of the averagehorizontalpositiony of the body.
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Note the relativelyhorizontalpositionof the right sided disc and the open cranial gap between the discs.
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Most of the bones lie inhorizontalpositionbut a vertically orientated dentary and rib have been observed.
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The diagram has been rotated so that the beam is made inhorizontalpositionas required by the proof.
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Each solid was then carved sinusoidally in depth as a function ofhorizontalpositionwith respect to the observer.
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First, the rats were manually held during the experiments, and theirhorizontalpositionmay have varied to some degree.
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In particular, concentration can never appear at a height where it did not exist previously at some otherhorizontalposition.
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His symptoms deteriorated when he returned to sleeping in ahorizontalpositionfor two weeks despite salt and fludrocortisone.
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It is allowed to move along each of the two trees, may expand infinitely, but must always remain in ahorizontalposition.
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In the first case, the multiplier c is related to thehorizontalpositionof the trumpet, and the initial value of i to the last note played.
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A mobile table was used in order to arrange the eggs on the seeds in ahorizontalpositionand then egg length and width were measured.
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