Noun
- 1. horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, line
- usage: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
- 2. horizon, view, purview, scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit
- usage: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
- 3. horizon, stratum
- usage: a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
- 4. horizon, celestial horizon, great circle
- usage: the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
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