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Horizon vs. Skyline

Horizon and Skyline Definitions

Horizon

The apparent intersection of the earth and sky as seen by an observer. Also called apparent horizon.

Skyline

The line along which the surface of the earth and the sky appear to meet; the horizon.

Horizon

See sensible horizon.

Skyline

The outline of a group of buildings or a mountain range seen against the sky.

Horizon

See celestial horizon.

Skyline

(earth sciences) The line at which the earth and sky meet.
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Horizon

The limit or edge of the observable universe.

Skyline

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

Horizon

The range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest.

Skyline

A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.

Horizon

A specific position in a column of rock layers, usually designated by the occurrence of one or more distinctive fossils or by a distinctive sediment bed, that is used in stratigraphy.

Skyline

(journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
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Horizon

A layer of soil that can be distinguished from adjacent layers of soil and that is characterized by a certain color, texture, structure or chemical composition.

Skyline

(database) skyline operator

Horizon

(Archaeology) A period during which the influence of a specified culture spread rapidly over a defined area
Artifacts associated with the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica.

Skyline

To outline something against the sky.

Horizon

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
A tall building was visible on the horizon.

Skyline

To filter by means of the skyline operator.
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Horizon

(figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest; a boundary or threshold.
Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.
With clinical researchers hard at work, a new treatment is on the horizon.

Skyline

The outline of objects seen against the sky

Horizon

The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.

Skyline

The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

Horizon

(geology) A specific layer of soil, or stratum

Horizon

A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.

Horizon

Any level line or surface.

Horizon

(chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.

Horizon

The line which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
And when the morning sun shall raise his carAbove the border of this horizon.
All the horizon roundInvested with bright rays.

Horizon

A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.

Horizon

The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon.

Horizon

The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.

Horizon

The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons.

Horizon

A boundary point or line, or a time point, beyond which new knowledge or experiences may be found; as, more powerful computers are just over the horizon.

Horizon

The line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet

Horizon

The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;
It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge

Horizon

A specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land

Horizon

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

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