APPARENT HORIZON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apparent horizon mean? 

• APPARENT HORIZON (noun)
  The noun APPARENT HORIZON has 1 sense:

1. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

  Familiarity information: APPARENT HORIZON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPARENT HORIZON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

apparent horizon; horizon; sensible horizon; skyline; visible horizon

Hypernyms ("apparent horizon" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Holonyms ("apparent horizon" is a part of...):

linear perspective; perspective (the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer)