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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Horizon \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?) the bounding line, horizon, fr. ? to bound, fr. ? boundary, limit.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] All the horizon round Invested with bright rays. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) (a) 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. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also {rational horizon} or {celestial horizon}. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible. [1913 Webster] 3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. [1913 Webster] The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. --Le Conte. [1913 Webster] 4. (Painting) 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. [1913 Webster] 5. The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons. [PJC] 6. [fig.] 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. [PJC] {Apparent horizon}. See under {Apparent}. {Artificial horizon}, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. {Celestial horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Dip of the horizon} (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. {Rational horizon}, and {Sensible horizon}. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. {Visible horizon}. See definitions 1 and 2, above. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: horizon n 1: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn: {horizon}, {apparent horizon}, {visible horizon}, {sensible horizon}, {skyline}] 2: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" [syn: {horizon}, {view}, {purview}] 3: a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land 4: the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth [syn: {horizon}, {celestial horizon}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: horizon /oʀizɔ̃/ horizon From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: horizon /horizɔn/ horizon