| horizon | | |
| n. (location) | 1. apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. |
| ~ linear perspective, perspective | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer. |
| ~ line | a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. horizon, purview, view | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" |
| ~ ambit, range, scope, compass, reach, orbit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.; "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" |
| n. (location) | 3. horizon | a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land. |
| ~ profile | a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers. |
| ~ stratum | one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock). |
| ~ soil horizon | a layer in a soil profile. |
| ~ geological horizon | a layer of rock with a particular composition (especially of fossils); for dating the stratum. |
| n. (location) | 4. celestial horizon, horizon | the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth. |
| ~ great circle | a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center. |
| swoon | | |
| n. (event) | 1. deliquium, faint, swoon, syncope | a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. |
| ~ loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond. |
| v. (body) | 2. conk, faint, pass out, swoon | pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. |
| ~ zonk out, pass out, black out | lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example. |
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