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horizon

ho·ri·zon

UK/həˈɹɑe̯.zən/ US/həˈɹaɪ.zən/ fairly common us

noun

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2.

the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated

  • “It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge”
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4.

the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).

Phrases

  • absolute horizon
  • apparent horizon
  • archaeological horizon
  • archeological horizon
  • artificial horizon
  • Cauchy horizon
  • comoving horizon
  • cosmic event horizon

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