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Visible horizon   /vˈɪzəbəl hərˈaɪzən/   Listen
noun
Horizon  n.  
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. "And when the morning sun shall raise his car Above the border of this horizon." "All the horizon round Invested with bright rays."
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.
3.
(Geol.) 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."
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.
5.
The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons.
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.
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.


adjective
Visible  adj.  
1.
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper. "Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible." "Virtue made visible in outward grace."
2.
Noticeable; apparent; open; conspicuous. "The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before."
Visible church (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
Visible horizon. Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent.





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"Visible horizon" Quotes from Famous Books



... was dry and the air misty, or rather so pregnant with a thin haze, as to give it the appearance of a dull, smoky light. In such a state of the weather, the eye, more especially of one placed on an elevation, is unable to distinguish what is termed the visible horizon at sea. The two elements become so blended, that our organs cannot tell where the water ends, or where the void of the heavens commences. It is a consequence of this in distinctness, that any object seen ...
— The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas • James Fenimore Cooper
... the sun rose in a cloudless sky and glittered over the new-born sea with ineffable splendour. It was a strange and sad though beautiful sight. Where these waters lay like a sheet of glass, spreading out to the scarce visible horizon, the grass-waves of the prairie had rolled in days gone by. There were still some knolls visible, some tops of trees and bushes, like islets on the sea, and one or two square masses of drift-wood floating slowly along with the now imperceptible current, like boats under full sail. ...
— The Red Man's Revenge - A Tale of The Red River Flood • R.M. Ballantyne
... should have no twilight. The sun, instead of sending up his beams while 18 deg. below the visible horizon, would come upon us out of an intense darkness, pass over our sky a brazen inglorious orb, and set in an instant amid ...
— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various
... "sitteth upon the circle of the earth," and in another passage the same form is applied to the ocean. "He set a compass (margin circle) upon the face of the depth." This circle is no doubt the circle of the visible horizon, within which earth and sea are spread out apparently as a plain; above it "the vault of heaven" (Job xxii. 14; R.V. margin) is arched. There does not appear to be allusion, anywhere in Scripture, to the ...
— The Astronomy of the Bible - An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References - of Holy Scripture • E. Walter Maunder
... shortly come upon a creek, and we had not ridden a quarter of a mile further, when we found ourselves on the banks of one of considerable size. Crossing it, we proceeded northerly, until we got on the outskirts of a plain of red sandy soil, covered with rhagodia alone, and without a tree upon the visible horizon. The country appeared to be rising before us, but was extremely depressed to the eastward. After continuing along this plain for some time, I became convinced from appearances, that we were receding from water, and that the fires of the natives, which were ...
— Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete • Charles Sturt


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