horizontal stripe

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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stripe
noun[C]
uk
/straɪp/us
/straɪp/
a strip on the surface of something that is a different colour from the ...
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(Definition ofhorizontalandstripefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The eye contains a mahogany-red + pigment and potentially bears a pattern of vertical stripes with onehorizontalstripeabove.
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Pattern was also shown to affect catch, a vertical stripe being more effective than ahorizontalstripe.
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First observe that the rectangle is the intersection of the vertical stripe 1 = (a2 - x2 0) andhorizontalstripe2 = (b2 - y 2 0) defined by two inequalities.
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The fish is generally an olive color, with a darkhorizontalstripethrough the center of the body.
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The shell is characteristic by itshorizontalstripeon the last body whorl and two stripes at its base.
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This method will produce ahorizontalstripewhen it is used on multiple adjacent stitches.
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Each roughlyhorizontalstripeof vegetation absorbs rainwater from the bare zone immediately above it.
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There is also a white image of caduceus heading towards the sunflower in the bluehorizontalstripe.
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The former flag consisted of a white background with a redhorizontalstripein the middle.
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And even in these populations thehorizontalstripe, if present at all, is broken up into a series of spots.
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Each roughlyhorizontalstripeof vegetation effectively collects the rainwater from the bare zone immediately above it.
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Body is silverish white, darker on the back, with the light bluehorizontalstripeextending to the tail.
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It is constructed like ladders, with ahorizontalstripeof material suspended between two thinner threads, alternating with gaps.
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This large and impressive cichlid normally shows a whitish-silver body with a brownhorizontalstripealong the sides, from the snout to the tail.
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The first away shirts were white with a blackhorizontalstripe.
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Aircraft seating featured a distinctive gray-on-grayhorizontalstripeand red accented fabric.
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At that time, it had ahorizontalstripeof blue, black and white, with a medallion on the left top corner.
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It has a narrow, white, roughlyhorizontalstripeacross its cheeks.
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Ahorizontalstripeextends from the tip of the snout through the eye to the base of the caudal fin.
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