When you look out your window and note the furthest point you can see––the line where the sky meets the earth––that edge is called the horizon. Horizon can also mean the edge of something in a figurative sense.
The circle 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.
Noun
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge"
Noun
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
Noun
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
Noun
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
n.
The circle 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.
n.
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.
n.
A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and
passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational / celestial
horizon.
n.
The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an
eye at a given elevation, no land being visible.
n.
The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
n.
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
And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon.
All the horizon round Invested with bright rays.2.
The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon.4.
The circle 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.
Usage Examples
The disembodied spirit is immortal there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon.
It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in.
President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhen men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are this is where we came from and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.
Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.
The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.
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