Horizontal vs Longitude - What's the difference?
horizontal | longitude |
perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
(marketing) Relating to horizontal markets.
(archaic) Pertaining to the horizon.
* 1667': As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the '''Horizontal misty Air — John Milton, ''Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 594-5
Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=
Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
(archaic) Length.
* {{quote-book, passage=His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck.
, pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=-MdPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA504&dq=%22great+longitude%22&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=iGOHT_DJCZTcNYDmlJQD&cd=13&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22great%20longitude%22&f=false
, page=504
, title=The American Quarterly Review
, volume=10
, year=1831
, chapter=Griffin's Remains
, author=Francis Griffin}}
In archaic terms the difference between horizontal and longitude
is that horizontal is pertaining to the horizon while longitude is length.As nouns the difference between horizontal and longitude
is that horizontal is a horizontal component of a structure while longitude is angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.As an adjective horizontal
is perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.horizontal
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* verticalDerived terms
* horizontallylongitude
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(wikipedia longitude)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
