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VISIBLE HORIZON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visible horizon mean? 

VISIBLE HORIZON (noun)
  The noun VISIBLE HORIZON has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VISIBLE 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 ("visible horizon" is a kind of...):

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

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

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


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