Horizon

Noun

 * 1) The horizontal line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky.
 * 2) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest.
 * 3)  A specific layer of soil or strata
 * 4)  A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.

Derived terms

 * artificial horizon
 * event horizon

Related terms

 * horizontal

Adjectives for Horizon
heavy; landscape; flushed; solar; soft; endless; ruddy; glowing; magnificent; dim open; historical; sunny; misty; tinted; dull dusky; hazy; mother-of-pearl; contracted lost; dreadful; vaporous; moral; circling wide; intellectual; mental; imperial; boundless; ever-receding; expanding; far-off.

Verbs for Horizon
blacken—; broaden—; emerge from—; enlarge—; expand—; hesitate on—; loom on ——; obscure—; open—; survey—; widen—; —beckons; —broadens; —embraces; —lightens; —recedes.

Thesaurus
azimuth, background, clear sight, color vision, command, compass, cone vision, day vision, daylight vision, discernment, domination, eye, eye-mindedness, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, false horizon, farsight, farsightedness, field of view, field of vision, keen sight, ken, limit of vision, limits, line of sight, naked eye, night vision, offing, outlook, outlook over, perception, peripheral field, peripheral vision, perspective, perspicacity, perspicuity, photopia, power of sight, prospect, purview, quick sight, range, reach, remote distance, rod vision, scan, scope, scope of vision, scotopia, sea line, seeing, sense of sight, sensible horizon, sight, sightedness, sightliness, skyline, survey, sweep, the distance, twilight vision, unobstructed vision, vanishing point, view, visible horizon, vision, vista, visual acuity, visual field, visual sense

Etymology
From ὁρίζων: from ὅρος:

Translations

 * Arabic: (plural: آفاق)
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: horisontti (1,2)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: horison
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (ofoq)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: orizont, orizonturi
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàire
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: horit
 * Welsh: gorwel

Etymology
From horizon:, from  ὁρίζων:, from ὅρος:.

Noun

 * 1) horizon

Derived terms

 * bleu horizon
 * horizon rationnel
 * horizon sensible
 * horizonner
 * horizontal

Noun

 * 1) horizon